OHbaby! Forums : Immunisation Debate - both sides https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:41:10 +0000 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:57:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=28587 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : Issue 5 of OHbaby! Magazine has...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=771114&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#771114 Author: Katherine
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Posted: 10 September 2009 at 10:57am

Issue 5 of OHbaby! Magazine has an article on both sides of the story, from the perspective of two mums, one pro, one against. You can buy Issue 5 here if you've missed it. :)

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:57:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=771114&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#771114 <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : Oh the book I found most informative...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=769140&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#769140 Author: Georgiegirl
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Posted: 08 September 2009 at 2:56pm

Oh the book I found most informative is "Just a little Prick" By Hillary Butler.]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:56:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=769140&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#769140 <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : I&#039;ve been reading up on Immunisations......]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=769137&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#769137 Author: Georgiegirl
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Posted: 08 September 2009 at 2:54pm

I've been reading up on Immunisations... and have come to the conclusion that.... assuming I am able to Breast feed and that I will have baby at home with me, rather than in a day care environment... I choose not to go through the standard process of immunisations..... however I plan to assess the dieases that my baby is more likely to be at risk from.... and if there is enough evidence to support the dieases vaccination.... thats when I'll go down the path!

I am mostly concerned about vaccinating a baby at such a young age that I do not know baby's health weaknesses.... after all the reading I have done.... I suspect alot of SID's is actually a Vaccination sympton.

]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:54:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=769137&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#769137 <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : I agree about researching the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=769094&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#769094 Author: emz
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Posted: 08 September 2009 at 2:20pm

I agree about researching the actual diseases - it's funny but they often get overlooked for what they really are.

I don't have our info anymore, was left at the hospital last time we were admitted by accident, but most of it was quite recent research that the paeds printed from online medical journals etc so you prob wouldn't be able to access it anyway. Other than that I just googled (obviously check the source!) and looked up the MOH website etc.]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:20:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=769094&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#769094 <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : The government information is...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=768566&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#768566 Author: cuppatea
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Posted: 07 September 2009 at 9:48pm

The government information is normally really good but you just have to kind of read between the lines a bit, so ignore the pic of the sick kids and the "protect your child" type slogans and just read the actual information. And also look at it really in depth, sometimes they switch between real numbers and percentages which can make things seem worse than they are. 90% of those affected will be hospitalised, sounds bad but if only 10 people catch it then 90% isn't really that bad but sounds more scary than 9 people hospitalised. Also look at the small print as hospitalised, admitted to hospital, serious cases etc are normally clarified in the small print and often the criteria isn't as bad as it first sounds.

There are a couple of books that IAS recommend (peanut has put a link to their website). I read an awesome book but I can't for the live of me remember the name, wish I could cos I would quite like to buy my own copy. We got a lot of info off of a doctor who my Dh knows who use to do research type work in Europe and then changed sides and became a homeopathic doc.

You can also ask your GP for some info and depending on your doc you might get an unbiased opinion but do just bear in mind that they get paid for each vaccination and I also think (but not 100% sure on this) that they are not allowed to bag the vaccination programme and also they are not always that up to date with things, they need to know a lot to do their jobs and vaccines are only one small area of it.

Searching the actual diseases is always a good thing to do as well, 1 it tells you what the diseases are all about and 2 the information is often separate from the vaccination debate so you get less biased info presented (normally there is at least one sentence mentioning vaccinations being available but it's not normally the main agenda of the info).

This is the world health organisation page for NZ you can look up every country, Check out the united states, they have very high vaccine levels (and a - means they have no data, not no cases, there is a 0 if no reported cases). You should have a look at Japan as well!

http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/countryprofileresult.cfm?C='nzl'

This site can be a bit out there but I like the graphs

http://www.vaccinationdebate.com/web1.html]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:48:26 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=768566&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#768566 <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : Agree with Freckle and Kellie,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=768268&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#768268 Author: LittleBug
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Posted: 07 September 2009 at 5:23pm

Agree with Freckle and Kellie, if you have access to any journal databases then these are probably the most reliable sources of information (depending on who sponsored the studies as well - drug companies etc. may have had a different agenda), and most detailed.

Otherwise you can access a limited number of articles through Google Scholar, most of the time.

]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:23:09 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=768268&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#768268 <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : Google scholar can also be quite...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767978&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767978 Author: kellie
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Posted: 07 September 2009 at 2:29pm

Google scholar can also be quite informative http://scholar.google.com

]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:29:46 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767978&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767978 <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : kmasonnz wrote:I did most of...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767923&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767923 Author: freckle
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Posted: 07 September 2009 at 1:39pm

Originally posted by kmasonnz kmasonnz wrote:

I did most of my research from primary and secondary sources while I had access to the university databases (was doing my law degree but that didnt stop me thinking haha)



Ditto - and I think if you have access to such databases it is the best way to get informed and make your own decisions... rather than reading biased views that other people have formulated... ]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:39:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767923&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767923 <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : Hilary Butler has written some...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767822&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767822 Author: kellie
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Posted: 07 September 2009 at 12:32pm

Hilary Butler has written some very informative books on the subject. It is NZ based as well. She will send them to you at no cost (not even postage) Might want to make a small donation though if you find them useful.
http://www.beyondconformity.co.nz/books

Also you can request information and statistics from the MOH. If you state that this is an official information request they have to reply within twenty days.

You can also find quite abit of info at forums.beyondvaccination.com

Hope this helps :)

Edited by Kellie]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:32:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767822&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767822 <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : kmasonnz, just giving my option...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767793&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767793 Author: jazzy
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Posted: 07 September 2009 at 12:08pm

kmasonnz, just giving my option & reasons for doing it. ]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:08:48 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767793&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767793 <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : I did most of my research from...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767758&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767758 Author: ajmmum
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Posted: 07 September 2009 at 11:31am

I did most of my research from primary and secondary sources while I had access to the university databases (was doing my law degree but that didnt stop me thinking haha)

For a very anti vaccination view that is backed up by government data then here

Also there is a good summary of vaccines in NZ and pros and againsts in A guide to child health by Michaela Glocker, Wolfgang Goebel, et al.

And the ministry of health has good raw data that you can draw your own conclusions from. (If you can find it, it can be hard to track down in their website maze)

Good luck - it's a big decision.

Jazzy - the debate is raging in another thread over vaccination - I think what surfergirl is looking for are resources, not opinions. Jeez that sounded harsh, I didnt mean it badly, just that I don't want to see a request for resources turn into a secondary debate when there is one already running hot ]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:31:11 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767758&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767758 <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : I did all the research first &...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767676&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767676 Author: jazzy
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Posted: 07 September 2009 at 10:22am

I did all the research first & did not enter lightly into my decision.

It came down to one decision for me, could I live with myself it my child got sick, died, or disabled because I chose not to get the standard immunisations.

The more that have been immunised the better chance we have of wiping these diseases out, not just for our kids but for there kids also.

I know a lot choose not to & all have there own reasons, you can not protect your child from every disease but the ones you can that may effect there quality of life you should.
]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:22:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767676&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767676 <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : MOH Immunisation Home Page Immunisation...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767668&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767668 Author: Peanut
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Posted: 07 September 2009 at 10:11am

MOH Immunisation Home Page

Immunisation Advisory Centre

Immunisation Awareness Society

I find all these ones interesting reading. I like the IAC one though as you can also access the health professionals site.]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:11:38 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767668&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767668 <![CDATA[Immunisation Debate - both sides : Hello Ladies, I wonder if people...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28587&PID=767657&title=immunisation-debate-both-sides#767657 Author: surfergirl
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Posted: 07 September 2009 at 10:04am

Hello Ladies,

I wonder if people could please post infromation on where they found the info they used to help them make a decision on immunizing or not.

(As you'll be able to see from my ticker) I do not yet have a baby, but would like to make and informed decision about which if any 'jabs' I might give our baby. I figure I'd better do this reading now, while she's still tucked up inside me and I have some time for reasoned debate/reading.

I see from another thread that lots of people have done lots of reading and I'd really appreciate being directed to some helpful sources.

I would like to read both sides of the debate, so please post your links/advice on book titles regardless on your POV.

Many thanks in advance.

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