- Pregnancy
- Baby & Toddler
- Parents
- Getting Pregnant
- Baby Names
- Product Reviews
-
Registry
- Community
-
More
Want a personalized experience?
Download the free app
Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
Flu shot concerns?
Is anyone else concerned with the longterm effect of 2 flu shots per year in combination with the 11 recommended vaccinations from age 0-6 yrs. That is 43 shots in 6 yrs. plus if you continue to get the flu shot for the rest of your life along with boosters. That's a lot of shots. I have never gotten a flu shot so I am just on the fence over what to do with my DS.
This discussion has been closed.
Re: Flu shot concerns?
Nope, not concerned at all.
As I mentioned in a couple other threads, DH spent years manufacturing the flu vaccine (at various levels from chemist to Clinical Release Manager) and with his level of knowledge of the vaccine, we are very comfortable getting it for ourselves and our LOs.
I'm confused by your math though. Two per year for 6 years is 12, plus you said 11 recommended vaccinations ... that would be 23 total, not 43.
Yes, I have concerns, especially after reading an article like this https://www.nvic.org/getdoc/e887b664-640d-4e09-ac3d-677f8c4ff490/Influenza-Vaccine-Safety-Monitoring.aspx
I am trying to best educate myself on the subject matter before making a final decision.
I found another article claiming that vitamin d could be an alternative to a flu shot.
https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7061778.ece
Compared to what we used to get as children might be good starting ground.
Nope, not concerned in the least. Vaccines are safe. What I'm scared of are the illnesses they protect my kids from.
And for god's sake people, The National Vaccine Information Center is not an unbiased source for vaccine safety or effectiveness info. Use your heads.
But, that's because technology has evolved. It will probably be half as few as our grandkids get.
I think kids eat a lot of Gerber Puffs today compared to when we were kids, but that doesn't say anything about whether they are good, bad or indifferent.
Why? Why is fewer necessarily better?
No, vaccines actually force the immune system to work harder. By giving a weakened or dead virus, it allows the immune system to recognize the "intruder" and build up a defense against it without actually getting sick. The next time the memory defense cells see the "intruder" alive, they can attack that much faster. A vaccine works with the immune system to build a defense, it does not bypass it or do the work for it.
Well the way I see it is I have survived 30 years w/o having the flu vaccine so is it necessary my daughter have one?? We don't know the long term effects of the different strains created.
not even a hint of concern. Like a PP before me said, what concerns me is LO catching any of the diseases that the vaccinations are there to protect him from!
I was not saying they were unbiased just simply stating that reading an article such as the one I posted makes me have concerns.
The "I survived this way" argument is crap, and you know it. I survived without being put in a car seat, so I shouldn't put my kid in one now? Just because it was the way things were done in the past and some/most people were okay, does not mean there isn't a better way to do things. If you don't want to give your kid the flu shot, don't. Do your research, and justify your reasoning in your head. Just don't say, I survived so it works just fine. People in the sixties and seventies had unprotected sex with anyone and everyone and didn't contract HIV, you want to try that now?
Well, you know what they say, if you can find an article on the internet, it MUST have some truth to it:
I saw an alien, person experience discussion forum:
https://www.experienceproject.com/groups/Saw-An-Alien/69035
Barack Obama is not a citizen:
https://obamacrimes.com/
The flat Earth society:
https://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm
Your daughter is at greater risk for serious complications from the flu than you - a healthy adult - are. If that risk is OK with you, fine, don't get her one.
But your reasoning is flawed - I don't even know what your last sentence is supposed to mean. These strains are not "created" - they are actual flu viruses, made inactive, so that they trigger a similar immune response in the body while not actually infecting the recipient.
I just will never understand what there is to stress out about with this. A safe vaccine versus a potentially deadly virus? Yeah, my kids get the vaccine.
Yep. And LOL at the line in your siggy.
Why are there 2 flu shots per year? Don't you just have to get 2 flu shots the first time, and then 1 after that? I don't think you need revaccinate H1N1 every year. I might be making all of that up, but just want more information about getting 2 shots/year if you have it.
My boys got 2 last year, 1 month apart. This year the pedi says they just need one. I thought it was just 2 that first time as well.
Oh, and H1N1 is part of the seasonal flu vaccine this year instead of being a separate shot. Just thought you'd be interested.
i think its understandable that parents want to be informed when it comes to vaccines. yet every year around this time i have the same thought.
if people paid as much mind to educating themselves on nutrition as they do to researching vaccination risks, maybe today's child wouldn't face a 1 in 3 risk of developing diabetes within his/her lifetime.
like my SIL. anti-vaccinations but a kitchen full of processed foods.
people are fascinating.
Both of my kids have already been vaccinated for this yr. Yes it is somewhat of a concern to have all these shots, but I am a true believer they need them. I have gone to school with people from other countries who had Polio (which I never want), etc. I think the diseases themselves are far worse than the shot itself. I have only in the last several years got the flu shot myself because I had the same outlook on it. I started getting it with last pg, and have never stopped. My DH and I expose both our kids to whatever we come across in hospitals and it important for all of us not to bring it home. You never know what you are coming in contact with out in the world. I lost one of my co-workers this January from the H1N1 flu and it was horrible what it did to her, and she died in an ICU. She was a physician assistant and thought she was immune to those things.
Sam-mommy to Brady 11/6/06 & Riley 4/8/09
I can understand why some people might feel it's necessary, but it's not something we would even consider for either ourselves or DD. Instead we focus on making sure DD has a well balanced diet full of whole foods. Our pediatrician also recommends supplementing with vitamin D.