MMR Shot

I recently watched an episode of "Law & Order Special Victims Unit", where a young girl who caught the measles died. I felt that the story was incredibly one sided and tainted. It left me feeling that any one who didn't immunize their children where horrible people.

The sad thing is remember that I didn't want to have my children immunized, because of the scare I had heard about it could lead to serious complications like brain damage or death. The doctor convinced me that it would be easier for getting my child into school, and for other reasons that later in life would become apparent to me.

I started thinking about how my own grandfather told me that only about 6 months after I was immunized for mumps that I actually got the mumps. This also happened to me later in life when I caught both the measles and chicken-pox, about 1 year apart from each other.

So I began to read, I found out that according to the CDC, "measles transmission has been clearly documented among vaccinated persons. In some large outbreaks...over 95% of cases have a history of vaccination. Outbreaks of mumps and rubella often occur in vaccinated people as well."

It turns out that these wonderful vaccinations can cause a massive amount of problems: encephalitis, encephalopathy, neurological disorders, seizure disorders, convulsions, learning disabilities, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), demyelination of the nerve sheaths, Guillain-Barre' syndrome (paralysis), muscle incoordination, deafness, panniculitis, vasculitis, optic neuritis (including partial or total blindness), retinitis, otitis media, bronchial spasms, fever, headache, joint pain, arthritis (acute and chronic), transverse myelitis, thrombocytopenia (blood clotting disorders and spontaneous bleeding), anaphylaxis (severe allergic reactions), lymphadenopathy, leukocytosis, pneumonitis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, erythema multiforme, urticaria, pancreatitis, parotitis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, meningitis, diabetes, autism, immune system disorders, and death.

The worst part of this is that the vaccination is only good approximately for 4 years, and not for your entire life time.

So, since 95% of the people who receive these immunizations can still contract and spread the germs, and the shots are only good for 4 years, and the chances of contracting a side affect are actually higher than the CDC claim... I'm starting to wonder if it is truly wise to immunize. Also I wonder if the reason for the rise since the 70's of many of the problems in people could be a direct link to the MMR shot.