No, I am not fully vaccinated, because my doctor was a complete moron who refused to give me my shots and I can't afford to go to anybody else. But I should be inoculated by now, I've gotten the mumps thanks to her stupidity, and they say that if you get it in both tonsils you won't get it again. Now here's to hoping I don't get measles or rubella.

I never bother with getting my flu shots. I had the flu once, but only because I had to spend a few hours in a hospital trying to protect a friend from the nurses trying to drop his blood sugar to 21 as many times as possible. Aside from an annoying cough and the vile mucus, I loved the flu. I hadn't had a chance to get that much sleep in years! Most relaxing illness I've ever had.

So far, my kid has all his shots. My only concern is when they give him six vaccinations at once. Luckily it hasn't fried his system. The worst he's gotten is the usual fever and fussiness. My other concern is when those nurses shove an inch or longer needle into an infant's leg. I heard of a baby getting royally screwed up because his nurse put his vaccine in his bone marrow.

The only side-effect I ever hear about is vaccines giving kids autism. That pisses me off on so many different levels and fronts. I figure they don't brush their teeth either, because there have been "studies" that also link that to autism.

Do you believe in the benefit of vaccinations?
-Yes. If they didn't work then there would be much more disease in the world.

Are you vaccinated?
- Yep. Except for that one shot they give for HPV? I only got one of the shots. I hope that protects at least at a bit. lol. I might try to get it finished up but I don't know if there's anything I can do. I heard that only kids can take it.

Are your children?
- I don't have kids, but if I did I would vaccinate the hell out of them. I would give em everything the doctor offered. Kids have a hard enough time growing up. Why make it worse with the possibility of a completely preventable illness?

What side affects do you often hear about?
- The thing that I hear mostly autism. Like that's worse then your kid dying. Though some people say it will kill kids. Then why isn't it all over the news?

Do you think these vaccinations actually protect us?
- Of course. You can tell by the lack of people dying in droves.

I'm vaccinated, and while I don't have kids, I would get them vaccinated, too. My mother was a nurse, and so she felt it was important all of us be vaccinated. I don't get the flu vaccine, though, just because my grandmother (also a nurse), insists that my immune system is stronger, while the flu vaccine is mainly for older and younger people, whose immune systems aren't strong enough to help protect them. I feel like, if I did have kids, I'd get the flu vaccine then, just to make sure I didn't get it and pass it on to them.

You don't really vaccinate for your child, you vaccinate for everyone's children.

Vaccination works due to herd immunity which means most must be vaccinated for it to work. Like that law and order svu episode, a child could not be vaccinated and be fine, but what if they catch a disease, spread it to a child too young or too weak to be vaccinated and they die? If a person was only taking a chance with their child alone, I would say it is completely up to them whether they want to vaccinate or not, but their choice could kill others. So everyone should vaccinate, especially considering autism isn't caused by vaccines.

I'm mostly vaccinated, don't have HPV vaccine, or meningitis, or flu. But I've got the most important ones. You know, the ones the anti-vaxxers or whatever are complaining about? MMR, polio, Hepatitis. All those fun ones.

light_sucks wrote:Do you believe in the benefit of vaccinations?
-Yes. If they didn't work then there would be much more disease in the world.

Are you vaccinated?
- Yep. Except for that one shot they give for HPV? I only got one of the shots. I hope that protects at least at a bit. lol. I might try to get it finished up but I don't know if there's anything I can do. I heard that only kids can take it.

I think if you had the first one you can get the other 2 of that one. Even if you're over the age for it. need the other 2 to complete the whole vaccination course of action against the strains of HPV it vaccinates against.


I would vaccinate any kids if I ever had any (I don't want kids though) provided they had no immunisation issues against it or severe allergic reactions.

I've been vaccinated up till the HPV. I admit I haven't gotten booster shots.. =/ I should just don't have the $$$ for it.

Even if I got a reaction from it I'd still continue on with vaccinating.

When I was a baby my parents had to get the rubella one I think it was, in smaller doses and therefore smaller needles but I got it all. :) It was cause I was so tiny.

I don't have the flu one though as I don't really get sick that often. In saying that I have a cold atm.

I believe in herd immunity, for those who can't be vaccinated. I don't believe in the crap that anti-vaxxers spread about shedding, etc. I read some scary stuff they try for more 'natural health' for their kids and it's so scary the things they say. I don't know if they're lying through their teeth but I hope they are.

The worst side effects I've heard would be probably those having a allergic reaction or just not getting vaccinations. I don't believe that they cause autism. There was a study that disproved it in Australia.

Yes they work because measles was officially void in Australia I believe it was 2010? I know it was a few to quite a few years back that it was gone and now it's back because people got slack and relaxed in their immunisations or they are anti-vaxxers who I think are stupid and misinformed.

I had to get a bunch of vaccines for college. Measles, mumps, rubella I believe. I never do flu shots. I hardly ever leave the house, and I am pretty anal about washing my hands, so meh. But I'm for all vaccines except for the HPV vaccine Gardasil. Gardasil is still very new as far as vaccines go and has not had a chance to be thoroughly tested. That means that even the makers of Gardasil do not have a good idea of what the long-term effects of the vaccine are. In the US, the makers of Gardasil market it primarily as a vaccine to protect against cervical cancer. But getting cervical cancer from HPV is actually very rare. Most people who have HPV never even know that they have it because they have no signs or symptoms and end up fighting it off after a couple of years. Cervical cancer is also very slow to develop and very easy to treat when it does happen. So as of right now, the vaccine is actually more of an unknown than cervical cancer is. I have HPV that is very slowly turning into cervical cancer, and I still don't recommend the HPV vaccine to anyone. Maybe years down the line when we know more about the long-term effects of Gardasil I'll get on board. And I'll be happy to do so because a safe and effective HPV vaccine would be great, even if cervical cancer is very rare and very easy to treat. But as of right now, I think they rushed the drug to the market, don't know enough about it, and are trying to scare people with the word "cancer."

A lot of Americans recently began believing the myth that vaccines cause homosexuality and/or autism which is garbage and whoever started it is also garbage, and the number of anti-vacc groups has probably spiked because of it. Unfortunately, you can't cure stupidity, but you can cure horrendous diseases by vaccinating.
On the off-chance that I ever have kids, I'd get them vaccinated.
I was vaccinated as a kid and as a result have had perfect attendance all through elementary, middle, and high school (so far, except for one day in first grade).

Koukai Shi wrote:I feel like, if I did have kids, I'd get the flu vaccine then, just to make sure I didn't get it and pass it on to them.

Strangely, I actually have experience with that one. When my kid was an infant, we ended up with the flu. (Long story short, his doctor was an idiot.) The kid recently had his routine check-up and gotten his flu shot. So he didn't catch it from us. =)
I was nursing him at the time, so he probably had double the antibodies in his system to fend off flu bugs.

Not sure if someone's mentioned this already, but in Australia they're thinking of starting a new policy where parents that have chosen not to vaccinate their children for NON-medical reasons will not receive basic child benefits/welfare that they would normally get. Personally I think it's a step in the right direction but it's not tackling the root cause of the issue here, which is misinformation.

I feel like certain things need to be taught to all students before they leave highschool. Things that are vital to making informed and thoughtful decisions that can have major impacts on themselves and those around them if not made properly. For example, if everyone had a thorough understanding of how a vaccine actually works, the numbers of misinformed parents refusing to get their children vaccinated may reduce substantially.