Pediatricians Pushing Vaccines Does More Harm Than Good
Your kindly neighborhood pediatrician may be trying to get you to vaccinate your child this year against the flu virus. Maybe you’re already skeptical about whether the shot does any good for those receiving it, and you may be recoiling in horror as your baby’s doctor tries to inject your infant at just six months old. Such is the disturbing trend popping up by doctors who are a part of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Read on to learn about this organization’s drive to vaccinate babies and children, whether the shot has been proven helpful or not.
Flu Shots: Necessary Evil?
No parent likes to see their baby get shots-the screaming, the crying, the tears of despair over getting stuck with that big, mean needle. Studies have shown in recent years that the flu shot might not be necessary for keeping people healthy, unless the people in question are the elderly and infirmed or the very young and sickly. If you have a child, you may be hearing the AAP’s outcry that children from 6 months of age all the way up to 18 year olds should be required to have an annual flu shot. Well, for helpless babies at 6 months of age, this may have some validity. However, for children and especially teenagers, studies have shown that the flu vaccine only works in about 1% of the studied population. For parents who don’t want any unnecessary drugs injected into their little one’s bodies, this new insistence may raise more than a few hackles.
Talk with Your Doc
Babies today can be given upwards of 130 vaccines (all in one shot, but still), and that is a lot to be putting into the body of someone so small. If you’re concerned that your doctor is pushing a vaccine that you don’t feel necessary, talk to them about it. If you still feel uncomfortable about their insistence at the flu vaccine, seek a second opinion. This may not be able to be done inside one health insurance plan, as all doctors under one umbrella may be being told to push the same agenda. Look around-don’t settle on a health insurance carrier and doctor unless you feel 100% comfortable with the type and level of care your children are receiving. To learn more about the best family health insurance plans for your children, research your options online. The AAP and doctors in it are making it their mission to call any doctors against making the flu vaccine (and a limitless amount of others) mandatory a quack and aim to make parents who question this outcry bad and neglectful parents. Take the time and do your own research. Talk to other parents in your area who have children of a similar age all the way up to adulthood, and ask their experience on flu vaccines. Learn about the environments their children are in. Sharing information creates so much power and leaves you free of being hornswaggled by doctors with an agenda that happens to be that of drug companies.
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