oh, yes, the thimerosol, etc... my daughter-in-law has spent the last 7 years investigating this. I get the dubious pleasure of seeing the info, and then spend time helping her find the information from the government health agencies that list the ingredients in the vaccinations.
so, yes, I am fully aware of the information out there, and my children grew up on the old vaccinations, my grandchildren (except those noted above) are growing up with vaccinations, my nieces, nephews, brothers, sisters, friends' kids, etc, and the only ones who had catastrophic childhood diseases are the ones that didn't get a shot.
such as meningitis that nearly killed my friend's 4-year old. If there had been a shot available for croup, I would have had both my boys innoculated. One of them nearly died because of croup.
and the polio that my dad got because the vaccination was either not yet developed or not widely available, the kids I went to school with who had polio, because vaccination was not widely available.
I completely endorse and accept vaccinations. In my experience, they WORK.
If people want to blame things like autism on vaccinations, let them. there are other factors out there IMO that have much more to do with those syndromes than a vaccination that is more likely to prevent their death than to induce autism.
However, no matter what I say, or you say, we can each go and find contradicting research. I suppose it comes down to personal choice.
btw, thimerosol has a substitute, which has been used since at least 2001.
