Comments on: An Inconvenient Truth about the Left http://benlog.com/articles/2008/03/23/an-inconvenient-truth-about-the-left/ security, privacy, transparency. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:03:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ben http://benlog.com/articles/2008/03/23/an-inconvenient-truth-about-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-246839 ben Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:20:17 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2008/03/23/an-inconvenient-truth-about-the-left/#comment-246839 Cassandra: I sincerely believe that you mean well, but you are being misled by this "you have to look at both sides" argument, and you are endangering your child as a result. Do you sincerely believe that there is a conspiracy across all medical schools to hurt your child? A real scientific study *always* looks at the issue from multiple points of view. Yes, vaccines may have side-effects (although in the spectrum of medical interventions, vaccines are among the safest). But the point is that the risk of not being vaccinated is *much* greater than the risk of vaccination. Here, for example, is one risk of not vaccinating young girls: http://www.babycenter.com/0_rubella-german-measles-during-pregnancy_9527.bc Pregnant women who are infected with Rubella have a close-to-100% chance of giving birth to a child with serious birth defects. Cassandra: I sincerely believe that you mean well, but you are being misled by this “you have to look at both sides” argument, and you are endangering your child as a result. Do you sincerely believe that there is a conspiracy across all medical schools to hurt your child? A real scientific study *always* looks at the issue from multiple points of view.

Yes, vaccines may have side-effects (although in the spectrum of medical interventions, vaccines are among the safest). But the point is that the risk of not being vaccinated is *much* greater than the risk of vaccination. Here, for example, is one risk of not vaccinating young girls:

http://www.babycenter.com/0_rubella-german-measles-during-pregnancy_9527.bc

Pregnant women who are infected with Rubella have a close-to-100% chance of giving birth to a child with serious birth defects.

]]> By: Cassandra http://benlog.com/articles/2008/03/23/an-inconvenient-truth-about-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-246606 Cassandra Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:25:20 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2008/03/23/an-inconvenient-truth-about-the-left/#comment-246606 In regards to vaccines and I am new mom and decided not to vaccinate my child after her 6 month check up based on the science and clinical evidence that is not publicized in main stream media or even medical school. There are many educated Drs that are in the same belief system. My frustration is the misinformation, lack of safety studies, fear tactics and false claims of vaccines. Even if the Kennedy article was exaggerated the same can be said of the safety and efficay of vaccines. It is more than the MMR and mercury. The children with vaccine reactions and injuries are the evidence that some thing is not right. Everyone needs to look at the facts from both sides of the issue and then come to a conclution. The bottom line is something is wrong and everyone needs to be apart of the solution and stop the semantics. In regards to vaccines and I am new mom and decided not to vaccinate my child after her 6 month check up based on the science and clinical evidence that is not publicized in main stream media or even medical school. There are many educated Drs that are in the same belief system. My frustration is the misinformation, lack of safety studies, fear tactics and false claims of vaccines. Even if the Kennedy article was exaggerated the same can be said of the safety and efficay of vaccines. It is more than the MMR and mercury. The children with vaccine reactions and injuries are the evidence that some thing is not right.
Everyone needs to look at the facts from both sides of the issue and then come to a conclution. The bottom line is something is wrong and everyone needs to be apart of the solution and stop the semantics.

]]> By: Cait Davidson http://benlog.com/articles/2008/03/23/an-inconvenient-truth-about-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-245989 Cait Davidson Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:28:25 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2008/03/23/an-inconvenient-truth-about-the-left/#comment-245989 Just stumbled on this, I agree with the vaccines, it's foolish to not do that! Just stumbled on this, I agree with the vaccines, it’s foolish to not do that!

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