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In reply to the discussion: For those who don't believe in vaccinations. How would you like to be this parent? [View all]pnwmom
(108,980 posts)14. I wondered about that, Hekate.
My sister did die of the vaccine, but she had a classic reaction -- she didn't die months later.
Several hours after the shot, she developed a fever, and the next morning they diagnosed her with encephalitis -- a rare but known side effect.
One of my nieces had her pertussis shot stopped when her fever went over 105, and my son had seizures for a week, so they both had to switch to DT (instead of DPT), which they had with no problems.
Three different pediatricians in three states decided to stop giving our family members the old pertussis vaccine, after children's reactions. I never considered stopping all the vaccines though, even with our family history.
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For those who don't believe in vaccinations. How would you like to be this parent? [View all]
shraby
Aug 2018
OP
Every school I ever attended had its share of children in metal leg braces using crutches. ...
Hekate
Aug 2018
#13
Thanks to Facebook echo chambers, my own daughter is convinced her baby died of vaccinations
Hekate
Aug 2018
#8
How would you like to be my mother in 1960, when her baby died the day after her DPT?
pnwmom
Aug 2018
#11
I think one of the lies that's been peddled is that there was no SIDS before vaccines...
Hekate
Aug 2018
#19
I come from a period of time when the health department came into the schools and
shraby
Aug 2018
#18
Me, too. And bad reactions don't usually happen instantly, so you wouldn't have known.
pnwmom
Aug 2018
#20