http://babyminding.com/2008/10/21/should-we-think-twice-about-the-flu-vaccine/ Natural, organic resource for green-minded, discerning parents with a focus on organic eco-friendly living, reducing toxins around the home, and healthy eating Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:42:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://babyminding.com/2008/10/21/should-we-think-twice-about-the-flu-vaccine/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 Parents are Furious Over Mandatory Flu Vaccine in New Jersey Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:22:26 +0000 http://babyminding.com/?p=398#comment-1227 [...] It’s begun…the first state to officially REQUIRE flu vaccinations for children is New Jersey.  New Jersey has mandated that all children attending preschool or day care be vaccinated against the flu  as well as a pneumococcal vaccine.  According to Susan Markel’s blog post on Babycenter, children who have not received the flu vaccine are to be excluded from attending, unless they can provide proof that they are in the process of getting a dose of the vaccine within two weeks after the deadline, the state New Jersey Health Department said.  Many parents are furious.  Rightly so.  There is very heated debate about the effectiveness of the flu vaccine (just follow the string of comments that follow Susan’s post and you’ll get an idea as to how heated it can get).   There are many strains of influenza at any given time making it difficult to predict which strains will be most common and should be vaccinated against in a season.  So if they don’t formulate the vaccine correctly, you could end up getting the flu anyway.   In addition, the flu vaccine in it’s multi-dose form is one of the remaining vaccines to still contain the mercury based preservative Thimerosal, which has been suspected to cause neurological disorders such as Autism, ADD, and ADHD.  So if you opt for a flu vaccination, make sure you’re getting the thimerosal-free version. [...] [...] It’s begun…the first state to officially REQUIRE flu vaccinations for children is New Jersey.  New Jersey has mandated that all children attending preschool or day care be vaccinated against the flu  as well as a pneumococcal vaccine.  According to Susan Markel’s blog post on Babycenter, children who have not received the flu vaccine are to be excluded from attending, unless they can provide proof that they are in the process of getting a dose of the vaccine within two weeks after the deadline, the state New Jersey Health Department said.  Many parents are furious.  Rightly so.  There is very heated debate about the effectiveness of the flu vaccine (just follow the string of comments that follow Susan’s post and you’ll get an idea as to how heated it can get).   There are many strains of influenza at any given time making it difficult to predict which strains will be most common and should be vaccinated against in a season.  So if they don’t formulate the vaccine correctly, you could end up getting the flu anyway.   In addition, the flu vaccine in it’s multi-dose form is one of the remaining vaccines to still contain the mercury based preservative Thimerosal, which has been suspected to cause neurological disorders such as Autism, ADD, and ADHD.  So if you opt for a flu vaccination, make sure you’re getting the thimerosal-free version. [...]

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