Vaccine Poll...

Pro all vaccines, including annual flu shots for entire family too.

Pro-science.

Anti-misinformation.

I grew up seeing Polio, chicken Pox, Measles, Mumps, I knew guys who became sterile, I could never knowingly not protect anyone from those horrible diseases.

I am pro all the way, on schedule.

Even if they actually did have side effects of Autism or even something worse I would vaccinate. Those diseases they prevent are horrible, worse than anything you can imagine. I can not just not protect the kids.

We were going to go MIX - however, my daughter had a scary reaction to the one we got her. Freaked my husband out, took her from MIX to ANTI.

My husband researched every ingredient in the vaccine. Every. One. Since he has several years of medical training, I don't think you can call that misinformation. Just saying...

None of the above? If I had to pick, I would say MIX. My kids have been vaccinated, but each time we do this it makes me sick to my stomach. I do not trust the manufacturers or the government. I truly believe that in the future, when people look back at the health issues of our day, vaccines WILL be part of the puzzle as to why we have such an increase in systemic health issues.

100% PRO Vaccination! :-)

A very well-informed pro, and on schedule.

Mix. My kids are 22 and 18. If I had to do it over, I certainly would ask more questions.

Pro 100% including H1N1 and HPV.

Pro and on schedule!

Pro and on schedule!

Pro with annual flu shots. Not old enough for Gardisil but will get it when she is.

Pro vaccines in general but anti rigid "one size fits all" schedule.

100% PRO! I want to protect my children anyway I can

Pro, including flumist live vaccine.

I'm with Leigh...I'm anti-misinformation, pro-science.

ETA: I'm shocked at how many refuse the flu shot. I get it every year, and so do my kids. Not to protect myself (I'm a strong, healthy adult who can kick the flu no problem), but to protect OTHERS.

Flu is *spread* by healthy folks who decide they are too healthy to get the flu shot because they can beat it. Have an elderly family member? A baby in the home? You could get them sick. Hundereds of thousands of elderly folks and children die each year due to complications from flu and related pneumonia. A simple flu shot could save their lives.

Absolutely pro vaccine all the way. Both of my kids got all of theirs on the doctor recommended schedule.

I'm ok with splitting as long as they get them all by the time they start school.

Mix. No flu shot and no rotavirus... Babies have died from that shot! My own pediatrician said she would never give her own kids that shot!

Loaded question for me!
Anti current vaccines. (For MY son. Not a blanket anti for everyone.)
If they were made more safely, I would be pro.

Pro, although I opt out of the flu vaccine.

I am pro.. I did everything per the Dr. recommended schedule for our 17 yr old.

We do not participate with the flu vaccines

We will not participate with the HPV vaccine.

we vaccinate, on schedule unless they are sick, then we just reschedule :)

Alternative schedule, no flu shots. No Hep B until they are older

pro on concept. frustrated with medical establishment. mix on execution.

did all but chicken pox. used alternate schedule. will do chicken pox this fall (oldest is 11 - getting to where it will be nasty and or complications)

frustrated - vaccines are not well researched - I actually read the drug inserts on every shot given to both children - some of them were tested on less than 100 kids! ggrrrrr - could we please just do this right and get good science? in the end the diseases prevented are nasty, nasty, nasty as GammaG said so shots it was on an alternate schedule. (death rate for contracting tetanus - 50%! Don't want to mess with that!)

Pro - All childhood vaccines / flu shots. My Ped and I worked out a schedule that would not stress my daughter.

Pro, but would make my pediatrician explain and convince me why I am.

I would be "mix" as I exclude some vaccines.

Pro, except we don't do Rotavirus unless we have kids in a childcare setting. (Hubby is an MD with a Masters in Microbiology and Immunology, so we feel quite confident in our decision)

PRO, you put your child and others at risk by not vaccinating.

Pro vaccine, on schedule with only a couple exceptions.
We did not give our hours old third child the Hep B vaccine(it wasn't recommended at birth for my other 2 but we would not have done it for them either). We don't get flu shots and we will not be getting the Gardisil at this time.

PRO, vaccines and flu shots. You know how they say you should never debate politics or religion, well with parents I think its vaccines and bottle feeding vs breast feeding lol.

Mix. No flu shots for my kids.

My children have all been vaccinated. I have changed how I do it though from the first child to the third. My first two got all their shots at once, so 4 shots at a time for some of their checkups. My last child, 6 years after my middle, has had all her vaccines as well, but we only give her one at a time. She is 17 months and up to date. Just had more trips to the doctors.
L.

Pro - but I asked a ton of questions - even my pediatrician said he wished more moms would ask the type of questions I had.

MIX--leaning toward PRO with schedule, leaning toward ANTI philosophically.

very, very limited.
:) khairete
S.

Pro sounds too much like an advocate but I did vaccinate all my kids.

Pro...ammended schedule.

Generally no flu shots EXCEPT when medically fragile kiddo FIRST came home from hospital, I had the REST of us get flu shot to protect her.

The HPV...no...but it was their choice after much discussion with them...yet again...regarding safe sex ('Dont be a fool...wrap your tool'...lol).

Meningitis...yes...as they go off to college.

Best luck!
Michele/cat

Pro - for international travel.

PRO for sure. It's worth any risk there could be. Better than the diseases that are making a come back.

I will say a mix, but mostly Anti-vax.

No vaccinations in our family.

PRO vaccine

ANTI flu shot.

Have not gotten my son Hep B yet. He's 9, but I probably will next year.

Mix - Vaccines for life-threatening diseases an absolute must, hep A later but still doing it, varicella vax at school age if they don't get their immunity the old-fashioned way (one did, one didn't). Vaccine for ear infections is stupid unless there are extra risk factors (i.e. other ear issues, bad family history, etc.).

pro 100% well minus the flu vaccine... so I guess that makes me 99% really...

I only vaccinated till my kids were 2. If I had to do it again I wouldn't have done it that long.

I am Anti Vaccine

PRO vaccine.

ANTI flu shots.

MIX - alternate schedule so she doesn't get so many at one time, but still gets all recommended vacs.

No hep B or flu shot- we do all the others.
For my baby due any day now, I will probably do her on a delayed schedule, but still no hep B or flu.

PRO-with a max of 3 vaccines per visit. Any more and we come back in a month or two for the rest.

Pro, no flu shot, unless I see a risk. I did do the flu shot when we travelled a lot by plane during flu season, but last year when we stayed home a majority of the time, I didn't.

I don't know about Guardasil yet, not even close to being there, so I will need more research.