Why I Vaccinate

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Mommy fear

Unfounded fear or conspiracy theories

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Why I vaccinate

Because I know that there are thousands of safety studies looking at vaccines from all angles, including vaccines given in combination.  I know that good science must be replicated, so I choose to accept the consensus of science, not focus disproportionately on one discredited study in isolation.

I know the risks of vaccinating and that they're well and truly outweighed by the benefits.  I value evidence, not anecdote. I know the risks of vaccine preventable diseases are still a threat to my child today.  I make my choice from clear rational thinking, not mommy fear.  I cannot justify exposing my child to potentially deadly diseases which are so easily prevented.

http://goo.gl/rnGpM
http://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2013/Childhood-Immunization-Schedule/ChildhoodImmunizationScheduleandSafety_RB.pdf

Text, Unfounded fear or conspiracy theories
Because I know that there are thousands of safety studies looking at vaccines from all angles, including vaccines given in combination.  I know that good science must be replicated, so I choose to accept the consensus of science, not focus disproportionately on one discredited study in isolation.

I know the risks of vaccinating and that they're well and truly outweighed by the benefits.  I value evidence, not anecdote. I know the risks of vaccine preventable diseases are still a threat to my child today.  I make my choice from clear rational thinking, not unfounded fear or conspiracy theories.  I cannot justify exposing my child to potentially deadly diseases which are so easily prevented.

http://goo.gl/rnGpM
http://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2013/Childhood-Immunization-Schedule/ChildhoodImmunizationScheduleandSafety_RB.pdf

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Mommy Fear
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Unfounded fear or conspiracy theories
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Ingestion vs. Injection

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Ingestion vs. Injection

Either way it can end up in the bloodstream.

Anti-vaccine folk  seem to worry that vaccines go directly into the blood stream.
Vaccines don't go into the bloodstream.

Anti-vaccine folk  worry that "INGESTION is different to INJECTION".
They needn't.

In reality, the immune system and gastro-intestinal system are extremely complicated.

Here we have a very simplified representation of Ingestion vs Injection. Whether the route is injection (intramuscular, subcutaneous, or intradermal) -- or ingestion (oral), the substance goes through a 'filter'. 

Antigens and other components of food go through a gut "filter" before entering the blood stream, and the antigens in vaccines go through the antigen presenting cells and tissue "filter" before entering the blood stream.

Vaccines work: Why we continue to vaccinate.

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These bubbles are sized according to the annual number of disease cases in the US during the 1900s versus 2010.  We've come so far.  It's a reminder that while disease rates are low, most diseases haven't disappeared.  This is why we continue to vaccinate.

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Infographic source

http://www.vaccines.com/why-vaccinate.cfm

Science literacy is a vaccine

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Science literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance --Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Injection versus Ingestion

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Injection versus Ingestion
Because injections never happen in nature.

https://www.facebook.com/WENEVET

*The most common wound source of tetanus in the U.S. is rose thorn wounds

http://www.ushealthworks.com/blog/index.php/2010/11/rusty-nails-dirty-wounds-and-tetanus/


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One common trope of the anti-vaccine movement is that vaccines are particularly dangerous because they are injected. In reality, our bodies are capable of handling challenges to the immune system whether these challenges are presented by way of injection or of ingestion.

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Vaccine Ingredients: Formaldehyde

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Formaldehyde?

There's more in a pear than a vaccine!

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Why do people think babies need smaller vaccine doses?

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Why do people think babies need smaller vaccine doses?

Do they think it takes 15 sneezes to transmit a disease to an adult, but only 1 sneeze to a baby?

Seriously....

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Keep Calm and Carry On Vaccinating

Keep Calm and Carry On Vaccinating

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Vaccine Facts from the GAVI Alliance

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I took the advice of a Facebook group

I took the advice of a Facebook group and research effectiveness and risks of vaccines.

Turns out anti-vaccination nuts lie.

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The odds a child will....

The odds a child will
Be a pilot
Get struck by lightning
Make the US Olympic team
Get elected to congress
Become a billionaire
Have a severe allergic reaction to the MMR and Hepatitis B vaccines

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Flu shots for pregnant women

CDC recommends pregnant women get flu shots.  They also say kids under 6 months old should not get a flu shot?

What if I told you the needle doesn't reach through the uterine wall, through the amniotic fluid, and all the way to the baby.

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Credible Hulk

You wouldn't like me when I'm angry....

Because I always back up my rage with facts and documented sources

--The Credible Hulk

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