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Vaccine refusal-aware parents are growing in numbers. This is a the real story that isn’t being reported in the news.

Aware Parents

Today’s parents are aware that their children are becoming profitable pin cushions. In a USA Today story they documented an increasing number of parents who refused or delayed a vaccine for their child. The article cited a CDC study that showed in 2003 only 22 percent of parents refused or delayed a vaccine for their child, whereas in 2008 this number soared to 39 percent. This is nearly double.

This is a fact that is not published for a few reasons. The biggest one is this isn’t good publicity for the vaccine manufacturers. The herd mentality could take hold; if a good size group of parents refuse or delay vaccination. The maybe I should think about this attitude could take hold. Questions would arise and parents would start educating themselves. Not a good scenario for the pharmaceutical giants.

The story that is circulating is that “parents in 2008 had more opportunities to delay shots than they had five years earlier’ because three new vaccines have been introduced. What parents are questioning is the number of shots on the vaccine schedule, and the manner they are given.

The biggest concern is that these new and newer shots have no safety record. There is no long term, large-scale, double-bind, placebo studies. In 20 years we may have the answer, by seeing our children either have improved immunity, or life altering side effects.

What parent wants their child to be a guinea pig for the pharmaceutical company’s bottom line? That is the problem, nothing more or less. Of course you can add in that most of the conditions vaccinated for don’t apply as a danger for the vast majority of babies. A new attitude is hopefully sweeping the country.

This is a reminder that many parents are taking a different approach to health.