As I explained in my first post of this series, I am writing in response to an article that came out in a health organization’s newsletter. The original article was just one page long, but I’m afraid I have MUCH more than one page to say in response to it. The article was written in a “Q&A” format, with a small side bar box with a few “interesting facts.” In this post, I’ll address the first Q&A in the article. I will continue to answer them, then move on to the “interesting facts,” which will each have their own post of response.
Question 1: Haven’t whooping cough, measles, and mumps been wiped out? Continue Reading…
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago at 12:24 am. 6 comments
Recently I received a copy of a local hospital network’s “Healthy You” magazine. I usually find articles of interest in it–some that I agree with, some that I passionately disagree with. This particular issue had one of the latter type.
My husband and I have chosen to partially vaccinate our children. This is not a decision that we have come to easily. Actually, our first daughter is nearly fully vaccinated–the only vaccine she has not gotten on schedule is Chicken Pox. When she was an infant a vaccine for RSV was recalled because it was suspected of causing a condition called bowel intussusception–when the bowel folds on itself, causing a blockage. Ironically, though our daughter had not received the vaccine, Continue Reading…
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago at 11:45 pm. 5 comments
