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February 2014 Moms
safora33
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"Flu shot increases miscarriage by 700%!"
safora33
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Now, it makes me think twice.....
https://www.mommypotamus.com/should-i-give-my-baby-a-flu-shot-or-not/ Evelina Faith born January 4th, 2014
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DD-14; DD-9; DS-6
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Re: "Flu shot increases miscarriage by 700%!"
This seems like something that would have been published in multiple places with noteworthy sources if it were legitimate. I don't buy it.
Sorry for typos. I'm on my mobile.
Do what you want, sure.... But at least be educated about the risk you're taking by not vaccinating.
Side bar: it amazes me that the vaccine debate still rages on even after the publisher of the original study about vaccines and autism came out and publicly said its crap.
Anyone remember the cheerleader who had a reaction that apparently made her unable to speak or walk? She was on all the national news channels with her doctors.
She faked it. People made up a ton of shit.
As far as increasing the rate of miscarriage 700%, can someone do math for me? I'm too sleepy now but will do it later if no one else does. I believe the average rate of miscarriage is around 25%, correct? If you increased that by 700%, what would the rate of miscarriage be?
This is so fake it's not even funny.
Word of advice and I promise I am conveying this is a very sweet and understanding tone. You know that State Farm commercial "they can't put anything that isn't true on the internet" one? Well that is a lie and the whole point of the commercial...
Research does not mean pick any article and believe it. The articles you read are reliable sources ONLY if they are sited by medical professionals.
Like for instance if you want medical advice from the internet, Mayo Clinic, is a very reputable site as were a mom blog is not.
You siggy says you have 3 DDs, and I hope you do not base their care off mom blogs and the internet. Sometimes you have to stop, think about it, then post. Otherwise you are going to end up getting flamed pretty bad if you keep making post like this.
Please research and don't believe the first thing you read.
Because vaccines cripple our immune systems response... She uses scattered thoughts to "prove" this, including saying fevers help fight infections (true), which clearly means we NEED fevers and need our immune systems to respond for them to work. Umm, no. A perfect immune system fights it off before you get sick. And vaccines allow our immune system to work so it's not like you're letting your immune system slack off.
#2 How Vaccines Work Explains Why They Don’t (Really) Work
Basically blames vaccines for cancer. I wish I knew enough about immunology to explain in little words why this is dumb, but I don't.
#3 The Flu Shot May Be More Dangerous Than The Flu
He links the flu to miscarriage and Alzheimer's... Even though the flu shot hasn't been around long enough to follow someone for their lifetime and see that it increases the risk. And correlation versus causation, yo. Another researcher anxious to prove something will say that increase in Alzheimer's is due to cell phones.
As far as miscarriages... The article says that the CDC doesn't care about facts and says that women vaccinated were three times as likely to get the flu and miscarriage increased by 700%. But they don't have a link to any study or proof of their numbers.
I can say that the CDC ignores the fact that horses make people 500% happier and that people with horses are 60% less likely to have a heart attack and are 70% more likely to love the color green and so ponies should be provided to ALL! That doesn't make it a fact. Calling it a fact and having stats doesn't make it true.
My son just woke up so I can't finish analyzing this now.
I don't know how anyone could think this was legit.
Maybe we should start using ridiculous percentages. It's fun!
If so, please wait till I actually break the rules.
sike, I do have words. bump Gods, make a head exploding smiley, please. I'm finding I need it more and more.
If you give your kid a dollar a week in allowance, and then increase it to seven dollars a week, that's a 700% increase.
I am not sure how to calculate the increase in this case. I'm not sure it can increase 700% without meaning every women would miscarry.
I admit I was worked up over the thought of dead kids yesterday. Dead children upset me over the Internet or in real life.
I can say anything increases by any amount and it doesn't make it legit. I'd need to see hard research numbers, which don't exist here.
TTC: 8/11 BFP: 5/13 EDD:2/2/14 Born 1/13/14
It's sexy and distracts me.
And then books gets called catty?? Is this the Twilight Zone?
Being pregnant can be stressful enough. OP please don't be offended. But these crack pot blog posts using scare tactics rather than stone cold facts to make any kind of important decision don't serve any positive benefit other than to reaffirm why we need real unbiased scientific data. If you're really concerned, talk to various doctors. I had a miscarriage and I do not attribute it to the flu shot; there was some sort of abnormality and that was my body's way of letting go of an unviable pregnancy. It's actually pretty offensive to try and blame a mother's actions of getting a flu shot when the pregnancy isn't viable.
*Rondack, I heart your thoroughness on debunking this crap.
BFP #3 -mm/c @ 7wks, discovered at 9wks, D&C 9/28
BFP #4 5/29 EDD 2/9 - please be our rainbow
ETA: sorry, I was just sitting here stewing about this..