Moms, It’s Time For Flu Shots
Heads up moms and moms-to-be! It’s that time of year again.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new flu vaccine that will be used during the 2012-2013 season.
Each year the FDA, in conjunction with the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study influenza virus samples and global disease patterns to identify virus strains likely to cause the most illness during the upcoming flu season. Based on this research, the new vaccine will target the following strains:
- A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-like virus
- A/Victoria/361/2011 (H3N2)-like virus
- B/Wisconsin/1/2010-like virus.
According to the CDC, between 5 percent and 20 percent of the U.S. population develops influenza each year. The CDC and FDA add that vaccination remains the most effective way to fight off the flu, especially this year.
“It is especially important to get vaccinated this year because two of the three virus strains used in this season’s influenza vaccines differ from the strains included in last year’s vaccines,” said Karen Midthun, M.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research in a statement.
The CDC encourages pregnant women to receive vaccinations, as they are at a higher risk for developing complications in infected. The CDC also adds that children younger than 6-months are not approved for the vaccine.
Will you and your family receive the vaccination?
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Vaccinations: What Baby Will Need
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i don’t understand…”The CDC also adds that children younger than 6-months are not approved for the vaccine.”…yet im supposed to inject it into my pregnant body?
Funny how that works. What a racquet! Everyone should look up the ingredients in the flu vaccine and also the risks associated with it as well as the efficacy of it.
No flu shots for my children. Brain damage, future infertility, toxic chemicals! Take Vit D and be done with it. There is no proof that vaccines even prevent the flu. Just companies poising our children for their own profits! Sick! Like we need to add another vaccine to the huge and growing list. 1 in 6 children in our country have leaning disabilities. The chemicals go right to the brain. Also other countries like japan do not even vaccinate till the age of 2. We have most advanced but highest infant mortality rate in this country when it comes to the birthing process. Lets start being Americans in the land of the free and say no it is my child and I will make the heart care decisions of my children that I raise and breastfeed till the age of 2 or beyond. USA is not as free as most mothers would like it to be. Lets hear our voices!
Thanks for the post. It’s great to hear there are other moms out there who are looking out for their children’s health instead of buying into Big Pharma’s lies. I wish everyone would educate themselves before pumping their kids full of toxins.
I think its imoortant to make a decision that you are comfortable with. I feel like there is no right or wrong answer. We choose to vaccinate and that includes the flu shot.
Health to all,
They use egg as a stablizer in flu shots this is one of the big allergies for kids. I was told no by our allergist. My little one will just have to get the flu just like I did as a kid and I lived.
As someone who works in healthcare and has to process death records for children who pass away from vaccine preventable diseases (also with a degree in statistics), I choose vaccines. Tens of thousands of perfectly healthy people die every year from the flu. The chance of side effects are minimal when weighed against the possibility of losing my child to flu. I’d rather not take that chance. My baby is due in 4 weeks. I’ve already gotten my flu shot. Just my opinion…
I think of all of the cases of SIDS that happens in the US and you know why it seems to happen right after a baby receives there DTP vaccine. Other countries like Japan have found a defined connection and refuse to vaccinate till the age of 2. Also many women who have chose to get the new experimental flu vaccine, many have lost their babies in the 2nd and 3rd trimesters of their pregnancy with in 2 to 3 days later. Still births are everywhere. It is very simple take Vit D. It has been shown to boast immune and prevent to flu more effectively.
Also my cousin had this same flu shot while pregnant and did not listen to others advice she felt very pressured by her OBGYN. Later the child is found to be Autistic!
It is as simple as this… You either choose to vaccinate your child and know for sure that you are giving your child mercury , formaldehyde, aluminum,antifreeze , Also Possible cancer SV40 monkey virus (slow Growing) is 40% of our cancers today, high rates of leukemia in children, deadly allergies Nuts etc., Diabetes, asthma the list goes on and on. So yes it is a very personal decision but a very clear one indeed.
Just like baby formula sold from pharmaceutical companies with GMO soy in them and High fructose corn syrup! Is this world gone nuts! I breast feed for as long as my child and I are comfortable and I know that allot of women of course can not do that for some reasons so why doesn’t your pediatrician recommend Goat’s Milk? It comes in a powdered and liquid form for around $10.00 for powdered can and liquid is about $6.00 for large can size. Way less then formula! I thought I would let every one know. You can buy it right at your local health food store. The reason Pedi’s do not recommended it is because simply they do not profit from it. The pharmaceutical companies are teaching them in medical school! If you look at the CDC web site there is hardly any cases of death from diseases in our country. It almost sounds like you are possibly not a nurse and work for a drug company your self because children DO NOT DIE every year. It is as simple as checking the website at CDC.
Good luck to you all and best wishes to all of your children of health and happiness.
DO YOUR RESEARCH PARENTS PLEASE for the sake of your babies future even one DTP can mean SIDS for your baby the chances are low but it is happening.
CHOOSE WISELY GOD BLESS
One more piece of advise found in the statistics: Mostly low income, UNEDUCATED and on state insurances: Parents are found to be doing all of the required vaccines on the list.
The research has also found that EDUCATED PARENTS: picked and choose some or went completely vaccine free. Why because we do our research! (and of course we are smart) lol
if you look at the package inserts for the flu vaccines they are category C- aka have not been tested on pregnant women. i will not be getting one this year