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Originally Posted by peacegirl
The evidence is beginning to support the notion that not all vaccines are safe for every child; that there have been a percentage of children injured by vaccines. Can you at least admit that, or is this too difficult to do?
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Originally Posted by The Lone Ranger
What a truly dishonest person you are! Plenty of people have pointed out in this thread that not every vaccine is right for every person. That's the whole idea behind "herd immunity" -- so long as a sufficiently-large percentage of the population is immunized, those who, for one reason or another can't be immunized are protected, since the disease won't be able to spread through the community.
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But even the idea of herd immunity is coming under scrutiny. This is a separate issue that needs further investigation. Also, the whole idea of vaccinations versus natural immunization is being studied to determine which gives a person greater long term immunity. I am not talking right now about people whose immune systems are weak and therefore have a greater chance of dying if they are not protected, so please don't clump every person in the same category. We're talking generalizations right now.
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Originally Posted by peacegirl
Dangerous in what way? I think it could get annoying if you want to be with your husband alone (I'm sure there are ways to remedy that), but I think it can encourage a feeling of security on the part of the child, which is a good thing.
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Originally Posted by The Lone Ranger
It's discouraged because lots of infants and very young children have died when their sleeping parents rolled over on them and smothered them. A recent report indicated that, in Michigan alone, well over one-hundred children have been killed this way in the past few years.
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I was assuming she meant older children. I don't think anyone would suggest an infant be in bed with a parent who could roll over on him while sleeping. I wrote a book on safety for parents, remember? I remember that I fell asleep with my infant on my chest and I woke up with a start. I immediately put the baby in the bassinet next to me. There is a serious risk of suffocation with infants and toddlers.