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| Examining the case for immunisation |
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| Author : Dianne Panel
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| Created : 06 Dec 2001
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| Last Revision : 07 Dec 2001
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For a young mother, the sudden responsibility of a baby when she has had only her own welfare to consider in the past creates a lot more stress and trauma than many realise. In the midst of this 'adjustment period' comes a barrage of information from two warring parties, information which is vital to the wellbeing, maybe the survival, of her new infant. If the parents are academic, given to researching facts on issues relevant to their daily lives, they will still find themselves in a quandary over this matter. So many of the 'facts' are arguable or merely theories.
Drug companies have been accused of overriding the safety of our children for the sake of monetary gain. Doctors have even been implicated in this 'conspiracy' and the minute an accusation involving money enters the equation a reaction is inevitable.
Many surveys, statistics, tests, and case histories have been quoted and then rebuffed by the opposing faction as null and void or outdated. There have been reported cases of illnesses and fatalities � some or all may have been genuinely caused by vaccines or these conditions may have had other causes and have no bearing on the issue at all. None of these criteria are conclusive enough in my view to give parents any concrete immunisation guidelines.
Instead we have three groups evolving. Group A: Who are convinced immunisation is part of a plot to make someone wealthy and undermine the health of our children. Group B: Who are convinced immunisation awareness groups are new-age fanatics who see a conspiracy at every corner, and Group C: Who are totally confused about the whole issue and cannot make their minds up either way.
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