I have read your responses with interest, I am a mother who's 6 year old child hasnt had her MMR vaccine, she had all the others but not that one
the reasons for me not letting her?
many
I had the MMR when I was a child...I ended up in hospital a day later with a fever and measel like rash...I also nearly died from the measels when I was 2..so the vaccine didnt work very well, my sister had a similiar story
the other reason, the link to autism cannot be proven OR disproven, that is to say they just dont know...and more and more studies are being done and more and more are proving a possible link
final reason my friend had a wonderful little boy, could talk and walk, was happy and wonderful, achieved all his milestones in development...then had the mmr...he had a fever and was very ill, he stopped speaking, cried constantly, screamed and stopped deveolping...he is now diagnosed as autistic...
is there a link? possiblly I dont know 100% but neither can they tell me 100% there isnt
if i take my child to the doctor and give her a needle that changes her life forever can I forgive myself...no...I did that to her, the same as if I ran her over with a car
if she contracts an illness and it changes her life forever can I forgive myself...no ....becuase I failed to protect my child when I had the chance
will I give her the MMR...no...because I would rather leave it in the hands of God than in the hands of a doctor and a goverment that wants the money and the statistics to say they are right
I will say that it is parents chioce, but make an informed choice, do the research check the facts first you may be surprised...
and lets face it there are many things that we have been told are safe only to be told years later that they arent...
Here is a link that gives some insight into the debate,
http://www.jabs.org.uk/pages/home/home.html
if you click on the news link on the left hand menu you will come to an article that I only found today...