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By Dr. Jay Gordon
We give too many vaccines at once.
Certainly there’s no proof that we are “overwhelming the immune
system” as some say, but this is not the best way to vaccinate America’s
or the world’s children.
Most experts agree that global vaccination policy has prevented
and continues to prevent millions of cases of dangerous illnesses
and even small changes in these protocols in developing nations
could lead to recurrence of epidemics. This is not the topic that
I address in my pediatric practice or in this article.
I care for one child at a time and when writing I am speaking of
healthy children in healthy families with access to modern medical
care. My opinion remains a minority point of view with the vest
majority of experts and doctors supporting the current vaccination
schedule.
I believe that certain vaccines are relevant to my pediatric patients’
lives and certain are not. During my office day, I discuss risks
and benefits of all medical interventions. For instance, giving
antibiotics to a child with an ear infection carries only a very
small risk, but the benefits are even smaller. “Watchful waiting”
is the best policy and is endorsed by pediatric associations in
many countries. On the other hand, I child with pneumonia will get
antibiotics in my office because the benefits outweigh the risks.
Vaccines can be similarly evaluated: If a family is planning two
years in Haiti, Somalia or Nigeria working as missionaries to the
sick and poor, the benefits of most vaccines far outweigh any risks.
If a family’s travel includes flying to Hawaii, New York City or
Paris, there is very little risk of coming into contact with the
diseases against which we immunize.
The vaccine that has the best risk/benefit ratio is the DTaP. Diphtheria
is virtually never found in America or other parts of the Western
Hemisphere, tetanus is quite difficult to contract of your immune
system is healthy, but whooping cough (pertussis) is always around
and is a very nasty illness. I still think that this vaccine should
be given later in the first year of life rather than at six weeks
of age and that it should not be given with 3 or 4 other shots.
I often include the HIB vaccine with the DTaP because I remember
when that type of meningitis was still around in great quantity
and, even now, rare cases are still reported. (Tetanus is reported
40-50 times each year in the USA and one case of diphtheria is reported
every 12-24 months.)
Hepatitis B vaccination at birth has proved to be excellent national
health care policy but I don’t think that the benefits outweigh
the risk for a newborn. Hep B is a disease contracted through high-risk
behavior. The disease is not one of childhood and the shot has harmed
newborns. Polio vaccination is no longer needed in America according
to many experts. Fewer than 1000 cases of polio have been reported
each of the past few years and the publicity about hundreds of additional
cases of polio in Nigeria has been met with renewed commitment to
vaccinate in that and other African nations.
I think that the MMR vaccine needs quite a bit of study and am disgusted
that official scientific bodies have ignored evidence linking this
vaccine to problems and have stated that “no further studies need
be done.” This scientifically unsound attitude serves no one.
The flu shot will have mercury as a preservative again this year.
There will be more mercury than ever before. I do not recommend
this vaccine except in very special cases. Healthy children and
adults should not receive this shot. It is rarely “on target” in
protecting against the specific strain of influenza each winter.
In summary: Talk to your doctor but please realize that all of us
are barraged by advertising, free pens, free dinners and more. Vaccinations
are the most difficult topic for some pediatricians. I do not want
to get on television or write a book talking about “how terrible”
vaccines are. This is far too broad a generalization and completely
inaccurate. Polio vaccination and measles vaccination and rubella
vaccination and more have saved many, many lives. I am very wiling
to say that the way we vaccinate our infants now is not the best
medical care for them.
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