I'll do it for them.

I won't preach. I won't get up on a soapbox. I understand that people are leery of vaccinations. I am on a delayed schedule with my ladies. BUT I think that not vaccinating your child (or yourself) at all is even more dangerous. Without vaccinations you have widespread death and disease like they do in Africa. With vaccines we've been able to just about wipe diseases like polio and smallpox off the map. So when I read something like Another Infant in California Dies of Whooping Cough, it worries me. And it should worry you as well. And it's not just in California. It's in Ohio as well.

So Louis, Athena, my mom, and I will all be getting boosters, and Zofia will be getting her shots on schedule. I feel it's the least I can do for my kids and also my nephew with breathing problems.

I don't expect anyone to get vaccinations for their kids or themselves just because some mommy-blogger tells them to. However, I DO expect everyone to read and research everything they can and talk to their doctors.

Be healthy loved ones :)

For the people that have thought about the Autism/vaccine link:

What do you think of the retraction that was published saying they made a mistake. There's no link?

Here's a story about it from CNN.

I don't know about them pointy heads sometimes...

I think I've given the wrong impression to some.

I'm not anti-vaccine. Take a peak at what people go through in Africa with disease. We'd be there as well without them.

I'm just not comfortable with the AMOUNT of vaccines that "they" say babies and children should get at one time. Athena has been vaccinated against everything she's supposed; just on a slightly different schedule than the doctors prefer.

Vaccines and Disease - Thoughts Please

It's well known that I'm leery of over-vaccinating the Bee, and it's also known that I'm absolutely terrified of germs and illness. (It's super fun to be me.) So I've been obsessively reading about the mortal dangers posed to your child by H1N1 strain of flu, and the mortal danger you're putting your child in if you vaccinate them against it. (Sigh.)

Contents of my morning readings here:
1 Classification
1.1 Influenza C
1.2 Influenza A
1.3 Surveillance
2 History
2.1 1918 pandemic in humans
2.2 1976 U.S. outbreak
2.3 1988 zoonosis
2.4 1998 US outbreak in swine
2.5 2007 Philippine outbreak in swine
2.6 2009 outbreak in humans
3 Transmission
3.1 Transmission between pigs
3.2 Transmission to humans
3.3 Interaction with avian H5N1 in pigs
4 Signs and symptoms
4.1 In swine
4.2 In humans
4.3 Diagnosis
5 Prevention
5.1 In swine
5.2 In humans
6 Treatment
6.1 In swine
6.2 In humans
7 See also
8 Notes
9 Further reading
10 External links

So which paralyzing fear do I let rule? The fear of her dying from swine flu, or the fear of her dying or having serious side effects from a vaccine? What are you planning to do this year?

Please give me your thoughts everyone.