Immunzation Vaccines For Children And Their Possible Links To "Problems"

@pyewacket (43903)
United States
July 14, 2007 10:40pm CST
I actually heard this story on the news sometime ago, and it's all about the ever-growing "suspicion" and concern that those immunization vaccinations that are mandatory for children may be linked to a variety of neurological disorders including autism. Why? Ever since many of those vaccinations were created to prevent common childhood diseases such as measles and mumps, etc, back in the 1930s, all have contained the indgredient, Thimersol, which is an organic mercury compound. That's right folks, mercury was used in those vaccinations. It was used as a preservative in the vaccines to prevent bacterial and fungal contamination. Now the vaccinations haven't contained mercury in them for the past few years, in fact the FDA suggested to no longer have mercury in those vaccines...but what about all the children that have been immunized prior to a few years ago? Did any of you ever KNOW that mercury was in childhood immunization vaccines? In this one article it states: ..."Starting in the early nineties, government regulators dramatically increased the amount of Thimerosal exposure to babies by adding two new vaccines to the roster of mandatory immunizations children must have before enrolling in school. The combination of the Hepatitis B vaccine and the HiB vaccine more than doubled the amount of mercury children. "If you take a ten-pound baby in, and it gets four shots on that one day, which is a common practice - that's equivalent to giving a 100-pound person forty shots in one day," said mercury expert Dr. Boyd Haley....Haley has testified before Congress and the Pentagon as one of the nation's leading experts on Thimerosal and mercury poisoning. The research he's done at the University of Kentucky leads him to believe that some children are genetically predisposed to storing mercury in their brains. It's the cumulative effect of the mercury which Haley and other scientists say leads to neurological disorders, including autism...." Okay it might be argued, well, children have been getting these vaccinations for a long time, and if it were true that these immunization vaccines triggered off such detrimental effects, wouldn't ALL children be affected? As suggested from the quote above, this doesn't seem to be the case...one has to remember each person whether a child or an adult will react differently to ANY kind of vaccine or medication. Still could this explain why there is such a thing as autism? I haven't done "research" as to how far back the condition autism has been around...and no doubt it always has existed..but it does seem strange that autism has been on the rise...And what about other detrimental side effects have been caused in children over the years, what other "diseases" in children may have been triggered off as a result of children being exposed to mercury in these shots? In a 6- page PDF file one can download --It states that "The prevalence of autism has risen from one in about 2,500 children in the mid-1980s to ONE in about 300 children in 1996.." To read a lot more about this, here are some links: http://www.mercola.com/2002/jun/8/mercury_vaccines.htm http://www.halexandria.org/dward052.htm For that PDF file do a search and type in mercury in childhood vaccinations--the PDF file is entitled.. Thimerosal in Childhood Vaccines, Neurodevelopment Disorders, and Heart Disease in the United States Like what the he!! could our government been thinking of anyway to add mercury to childhood vaccinations anyway??
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9 responses
• Canada
15 Jul 07
It is odd that you mention this, but I heard there was mercury (very little) in the flu shot. It scares me to think about what we are doing to ourselves and how the little knowledge and understanding we have of the human body can put us at great risk. I am not saying that medicine and vaccines are bad because by all means they aren't, more that we should be more careful with what is given to patients.
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• United States
17 Jul 07
I could be wrong, but I think that's 'cause the vaccines have a bit of the flu virus in it. It's supposed to be a trace amount which can't make you sick, and simply helps your body get used to it. But I mean, maybe the trace amount does get you sick. I'm glad it's not something bigger if that's the case, and only the flu.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
16 Jul 07
It's funny that you should mention about the flu vaccines....now because my mother was a senior citizen they always make a fuss that senior citizens should have flu shots...well my mother get hers, but not every year...the years she did get it, she got the flu anyway...the years she didn't, she didn't get it...weird
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• United States
15 Jul 07
May we be onto something as far as a cuase to ADHD and ADD as well? There is way to much of this in the children now a days too. These things are too often used as excuses by parents to not discipline theur kids properly too, but that is a different hobby horse...lol. The minute you start tampering with one thing it will affect something else we have the domino effect. So the big question I guess is how much tampering is too much?
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
16 Jul 07
Funny I was also thinking in those lines about children (and adults) with ADHD/ADD as well and maybe these shots have been the trigger of these conditions as well
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
17 Jul 07
I know I have been wondering about the vaccines ever since I started doing research on the new HPV vaccine. I know with my niece we refused to get her the Chicken Pox one since it was too new on the market. We have no clue what the long term effects are yet and we didn't want to risk it. So many meds have been out there and recalled one has to wonder. I think all these vaccines need to be rechecked and all the information on what is in them to be released to the people. We should be able to make our own choices on whether or not our kids should have them. We should be able to get information and make an informed decision and if we don't want them to that should be our choice. They should not be mandatory.
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
17 Jul 07
Tell me about it. I wonder about that as well. Along with all the cancers and other problems that seem to be on the rise even though we've supposedly reduced the things that are supposed to cause them.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
17 Jul 07
I can't help wonder if a lot of the overall health problems a lot of us may have may be a result of the vaccines we may have gotten as kids....like why do so many people have developed fibromyalgia? I don't think it was as commonplace years and years ago, prior to the vaccines.
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
17 Jul 07
I did not know about mercury being in vaccines or the harm it can cause until after my 10 year old autistic son had received every single shot in the book by the time he was 2 years old. If I remember right I read about mercury being in vaccines when my autistic son was about 3 or 4 years old. I thought I was doing the right thing in getting the shots so I could help prevent him from getting diseases. And here these same vaccines could be the reason my son is 'messed up' for life? It breaks my heart that I didn't protect my baby like I was trying so hard to do. :*( Well, one good thing came out of it. My autistic son is the sweetest and most loving child in the world... :*)
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@sacmom (14192)
• United States
17 Jul 07
I guess you could say that pyewacket. Yes, I agree that all mothers thought (and some maybe still think), that they were doing what's right for their child, not that harm can actually come from it. It certainly is a blessing that my son is as sweet as he is. I've never known a 'normal' child to be as loving as he is. Even my 7 year old son isn't as sweet as his older brother, and my 7 year old is pretty darn sweet! :)
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
17 Jul 07
Oh my goodness sacmom....so you've been directly affected by this horror--lets face it all mothers thought they were doing the best thing for their kids....It makes you wonder though...how much else is the government been hiding from us over the years...these vaccines have been around for a long time and no one guessed the dangers involved. I'm glad though that you love your son and think he's sweet--that is a blessing to know--right?
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@Zelmarq (12585)
• Cebu City, Philippines
15 Jul 07
Thank you for sharing this information, I hope there will be no adverse effects of mercury in our bodies.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
16 Jul 07
Thanks for the response :)
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
15 Aug 07
Yeah well good luck to all of us for getting an answer on this from the "specialists" any time soon. Because if they do I will be the first in line to sue them because my son has autism. But they know that don they so they would not admit any link between the 2.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
11 Oct 07
I think the companies that make these vaccines don't want it to become widely known that there is a link here...to them it's all dollars and cents and they would lose a lot of money--as if money is more important than the safety of children
@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
17 Jul 07
This is actually pretty scary- My daughter was immunized as was I- but like you said back in the early 90’s they added a couple of new requirements- This angers me- that the vaccination could be making our kids sick- My daughter is fine- but I know a couple of kids who are border line autistic- could it have been the immunizations? We’ll never know- but shame on the government for knowing this and not making changes!
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
17 Jul 07
I know...I was immunized as a kid too...think that's why I have my joint pains now? LOL...who knows what kind of physical symptoms we all could have as a result of these vaccines
• Netherlands
13 Aug 07
It's not a story, it is the devestating truth! And it all is about money, greed and power.. it hasn't got anything to do with being healthy and staying healthy.. It is also based on old insights and visions on how the immunesystem works, nowadays they also connect heartdiseases to an immunesystem defficiency as well as alzheimers disease..
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
25 Feb 08
Thanks for the information I had seen the word timersol but did not know it contained mercury.that is so terrible and the poor little babies got s double dose too. I have often wondered about the connection between autism and childhood vaccines.It is so true that all children as well as adults react differently to various chemicals but why take such horrible chances. I am glad you shared this information