How did you land on your viewpoint?
Hi all, I’m a mom with an almost-4 month old. Whether or not to vaccinate has been a heavy, complicated topic that’s caused me months of stress and worry. I’ve done so much reading and research—
I know about the Salk polio vaccine. I know about the Tennessee SIDS DPT cluster. I’ve read everything Neil Miller has ever published. I’ve read all the clinical trials. I know the RSV vaccine trials were halted because babies died.
I am familiar with Suzanne humphries, I’ve read turtles all the way down. I consider myself pretty well-read on both sides, and the only thing keeping me up at night currently is pertussis. It could be so bad for a baby, and the benefits vs. risk for the Dtap are complicated.
So I’m curious what other parents have done, and how you dealt with this issue if it ever arose, and the risk of disease vs. side effect. How did you land on your current decision/ viewpoint for your own kids?