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From: rick@iddic.UUCP (Rick Coates)
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Subject: RE: Immunizations causing handicaps
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Date: Wed, 18-Sep-85 13:29:24 EDT
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The very best situation is for everyone _else's_ children to be vaccinated,
but not yours.  Then you avoid both the possibility of getting the disease, and
having any side effects from the vaccination.

> We have been avoiding
> immunizations for our child who is now 20 months old, but feel some
> i.e. tetanus may be needed.  Thank you very much.

Immunizations are required before a student can enter school (at least in
many states - anyone know of exceptions?).

The whooping cough vaccine can cause side effects - something like the 
disease, I gather.

This is posing an interesting public health issue: apparently in England
this issue came up some years ago with the result being that a significant
population of children were not immunized.  There have been subsequent
outbreaks of childhood diseases - which can be very serious, even in children.