Should Any Vaccines Be Required for Children? Pros and Cons and Current Research at New ProCon.org Website

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ProCon.org, a nonpartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit public charity dedicated to promoting critical thinking, created the new website http://vaccines.procon.org to explore the core question "Should any vaccines be required for children?"

Although no federal vaccination laws exist, all 50 states require certain vaccinations for children entering public schools. Depending on the state, children must be vaccinated against some or all of the following diseases: mumps, measles, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and polio. All 50 states also issue medical exemptions to vaccinations; 48 states (excluding Mississippi and West Virginia) permit religious exemptions, and 20 states allow an exemption for philosophical reasons. As of 2009, the national average vaccination rate for required school entry vaccines was 95.41%.

About Vaccine Choices

What options are available to parents in their choice about vaccines? First, parents may decide they want less than the total range of recommended vaccines. It comes as a surprise to some parents that they can choose to have one or some vaccines and refuse others. You are responsible for your child’s health. You are in control. If a child suffers a dramatic and tragic reaction to a vaccine, it is the parents who must cope with it. The doctors may be sympathetic, but they are personally uninvolved. They view it merely as a casualty in the war against disease, if they admit any culpability at all.

New Five-in-One Vaccine for Infants and Children

"Vaccine Conspiracy": The First Casualty of War is Truth

You must have heard saying: "The first casualty of war is truth. The second casualty are the innocent."

Does this apply to the "war on diseases"?

Vaccines are the weapon of choice in the war on many diseases.  The unanswered questions are:


What happens with the truth?  What happens with the innocent?

Contraindications to Vaccines Chart

Guide to contraindications* and precautions** to commonly used vaccines - Listed by Vaccine

Vaccination Information Every Family Needs To Know

By: Dr. Loretta Lanphier, ND, CN, HHP, CH

If You Vaccinate Your Child….Learn How to Recognize the Signs And Symptoms of Vaccine Reactions

VACCINE REACTIONS MOTHER’S DESCRIPTIONS

High Fever (over 103° F)
“His temperature was 105 degrees. I had to put cool towels on him to bring the fever down.”

Skin (hives, rashes, swelling)
“There was a big, hot swollen lump at the site of the shot that stayed for weeks.”

High Pitched Screaming
“It was a pain cry, a shrill scream and lasted for hours and nothing would help.”

Collapse/Shock
“She turned white with a blue tinge around her mouth and went completely limp.”

Excessive Sleepiness
“He passed out and we couldn’t wake him to feed or do anything for over 12 hours.”

Convulsion
“Her eyes twitched, her chin trembled, her body went rigid and then would shake.”

Brain Inflammation
“He just laid in his crib with his eyes wide open then would arch his back and scream and go unconscious. Now he has seizures.”

Behavior Changes
“She won’t sleep or eat. She throws herself down and screams for no reason. She was sweet and happy and is now out of control. She changed into a totally different child.”

Mental/Physical Regression
“My 18 month old son stopped talking and walking after those shots. He developed severe allergies, constant diarrhea, ear infections and was sick all the time.”