My daughter gets many vaccines, but not all of them and not all of them on the CDCs schedule. That makes us "anti-vaxxers." It's all or nothing. They're retarded.
It's been this way for years. A decade ago we decided not to vaccinate our first child (nor subsequent ones later). I was forced to find a pediatrician outside of the network we had at the time because they ones in-network wouldn't see your child unless they were vaccinated.
I wouldn’t take my kid to that doctor! They get bonuses to give those shots and someone incentivized to give my kid stuff they may not need isn’t someone who may always have my kids best interest at heart. I took all of my kids away from pediatricians. Lucky for us they are not babies or toddlers anymore. There are good ones out there, they may not take insurance though, we found one that is strictly private pay, and for my sons pink eye the appointment with eye drops was $38. Our closest children’s hospital has been accused very recently of medical kidnap and apparently they have a very very bad track record with it. I don’t trust any of them tbh.
Hold your ground. Find a new pediatrician. Ours is 13 months and going strong. Most of the other babies we know around that age are barely talking and he has nearly 120 words in his vocabulary already.
This is our story too. Our kiddo has an insane vocabulary and intellect compared to their peers. Every doctor and person comments on it. 5 years old now, and I didn’t know it wasn’t normal!
Good for you. The only childhood vaccines my peers and I had was smallpox. When I was 19 I caught whooping cough from a baby at the county hospital and it was rough on me, worse on the baby, but in spite of what now seems like stone age medicine, she survived too. Then when forty-ish I caught it again from another baby, in spite of prior infection and job required immunization. Lost all faith in vaccines then. I think it's often the faith in treatment that keeps people well, not the treatment.
Find a real whole health family doctor. You’ll probably have to drive further (45 minutes for us), but you won’t regret it. There are networks of doctors that don’t push the bs. They are smarter, always educating themselves, compassionate, usually take texts and calls anytime, and will be the first to take that last minute appointment when you’re worried about something.
I was wondering if your baby got the vit k shot when you mentioned the bout with jaundice. As the K can cause jaundice, although you’ll never know for sure if it would have happened otherwise. That’s the trick with many vaccines and shots.
I was pretty well read on vaccines and hadn’t read anything about a vit k shot at the time so I was caught off guard when the nurse asked and let them administer that. He had jaundice too, BUT, he was born a few weeks early, so he might have had it anyhow.
Hepatitis B is a bloodborne pathogen. Infants and toddlers are at essentially zero risk of contracting it unless their parents, siblings, or other caregivers are Hep B positive. Even then, the chances of transmission are very small unless the infected person is extremely careless. 99.9% of infants and toddlers have absolutely no need for the Hep B vaccine, and it is utterly ridiculous that it has been added to the list of required childhood vaccines. In my personal opinion, the vast majority of adults don't need the Hep B vaccine either, unless they will be having frequent potential exposures (married to/living with an infected person, working in labs with Hep B virus, emergency medical personnel, travelling to countries with known high rates of Hep B or poor sanitation, etc).
Don't compromise who you are. Keep on truckin.
Hep B is the most obvious "vaccines are bullshit" part of the regimen.
The reason: "I know how HEP B is transmitted if you're not a nasty fornicating heroine addict you should be fine"
There is zero justified reason to inject a newborn for an illness that only affects people having sex or taking intravenous drugs.
Not to mention that a newborn can't even respond to the injection and produce antibodies.
My daughter gets many vaccines, but not all of them and not all of them on the CDCs schedule. That makes us "anti-vaxxers." It's all or nothing. They're retarded.
It's been this way for years. A decade ago we decided not to vaccinate our first child (nor subsequent ones later). I was forced to find a pediatrician outside of the network we had at the time because they ones in-network wouldn't see your child unless they were vaccinated.
I wouldn’t take my kid to that doctor! They get bonuses to give those shots and someone incentivized to give my kid stuff they may not need isn’t someone who may always have my kids best interest at heart. I took all of my kids away from pediatricians. Lucky for us they are not babies or toddlers anymore. There are good ones out there, they may not take insurance though, we found one that is strictly private pay, and for my sons pink eye the appointment with eye drops was $38. Our closest children’s hospital has been accused very recently of medical kidnap and apparently they have a very very bad track record with it. I don’t trust any of them tbh.
Hold your ground. Find a new pediatrician. Ours is 13 months and going strong. Most of the other babies we know around that age are barely talking and he has nearly 120 words in his vocabulary already.
This is our story too. Our kiddo has an insane vocabulary and intellect compared to their peers. Every doctor and person comments on it. 5 years old now, and I didn’t know it wasn’t normal!
Amazing! Keep up the great work!
Good for you. The only childhood vaccines my peers and I had was smallpox. When I was 19 I caught whooping cough from a baby at the county hospital and it was rough on me, worse on the baby, but in spite of what now seems like stone age medicine, she survived too. Then when forty-ish I caught it again from another baby, in spite of prior infection and job required immunization. Lost all faith in vaccines then. I think it's often the faith in treatment that keeps people well, not the treatment.
Find a real whole health family doctor. You’ll probably have to drive further (45 minutes for us), but you won’t regret it. There are networks of doctors that don’t push the bs. They are smarter, always educating themselves, compassionate, usually take texts and calls anytime, and will be the first to take that last minute appointment when you’re worried about something.
Glad you stood your ground. Have a newborn arriving soon and I pray the Lord points me in the way of a good pediatrician
I was wondering if your baby got the vit k shot when you mentioned the bout with jaundice. As the K can cause jaundice, although you’ll never know for sure if it would have happened otherwise. That’s the trick with many vaccines and shots.
I was pretty well read on vaccines and hadn’t read anything about a vit k shot at the time so I was caught off guard when the nurse asked and let them administer that. He had jaundice too, BUT, he was born a few weeks early, so he might have had it anyhow.
All vaccines are a con.
Hepatitis B is a bloodborne pathogen. Infants and toddlers are at essentially zero risk of contracting it unless their parents, siblings, or other caregivers are Hep B positive. Even then, the chances of transmission are very small unless the infected person is extremely careless. 99.9% of infants and toddlers have absolutely no need for the Hep B vaccine, and it is utterly ridiculous that it has been added to the list of required childhood vaccines. In my personal opinion, the vast majority of adults don't need the Hep B vaccine either, unless they will be having frequent potential exposures (married to/living with an infected person, working in labs with Hep B virus, emergency medical personnel, travelling to countries with known high rates of Hep B or poor sanitation, etc).