[cva66snipe]

Something sure boosted up the occurances. In the early 70's I knew most of the kids who had it in a 5 county area on a first name basis from where I was in a physical rehabilitation center/school. I have two cousins that are siblings who are confined to wheelchairs with MD type of disorders. Only recently {past 10-15 years} did their doctors bring their childhood vaccines into question. They are in their early 30's now. When the oldest married and had kids she had good concerns about whether to vaccinate them or not. As such she should as a parent have had the right to refuse them based on the possibility a genetic quirk may have or may still in later life effect the kids.

Like I said I'm not completely against any of them. But then again it should not be a matter for governments to decide to make mandatory either. It's like Whooping Cough yes it can be fatal. I saw nine kids in one family have it living in primitive conditions. All survived.

[luckystarmom]

You can easily get waivers for vaccinations for medical reasons or for religious reasons.

Speaking of whooping cough, there is an increase in it in the United States thanks to illegal immigration and people not getting vaccines.

My daughters would likely die if they got whooping cough. However, the DPT shot could also cause problems with kids with neurological problems which one of my daughters also had. We gave her a DPaT shot instead. Now most of the DPT are the DPaT shot and it has been shown to be much safer.

We also had a friend whose daughter died of complications from the DPT shot.

Parents really should become more aware of the risks vs benefits of shots and make educated decisions about vaccines.