The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child (Sears Parenting Library)
by Robert Sears
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Author: Robert SearsEdition: Paperback
Published: 2007-10-22
ISBN: 0316017507
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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Book Review: Good research, but I disagree with his conclusions
Summary: 4 Stars
I really liked this book. It is written by a mainstream, famous medical doctor. He's the darling of La Leche League, has written several books, and been on TV. He provides a lot of good research as to why we don't need to follow the traditional vaccine schedule.
Chapter 1-A note to fellow physicians
He says "we receive little information on vaccines, other than that they are safe and effective..." He also says that a number of pediatricians have dismissed families who won't vaccinate, and that goes against what the American Academy of Pediatricians says a doctor should do. Instead, continued refusal to vaccinate after adequate discussion should be respected, and doctors should avoid dismissing patients from their practice simply because they don't vaccinate.
I don't like the order he uses to discuss each vaccine. If I were doing it, I would have gone in the order the vaccines are given. I have no idea how he chose his order. But chapter 2 is about the HIB.
Chapter 2-haemophilus influenzae type B and the HIB vaccine
Haemophilus influenzae type B is a bacterium that normally remains in the nose, ears or throat and only causes cold symptoms. Only rarely does it invade further into the body, but it can on occasion and has been know to cause serious illness such as meningitis, blood infections, bone infections and pneumonia. There are only about 25 serious cases a year today, although in the `80s there were about 200,000 cases per year. Of the serious cases there is about a 5% fatality rate and in 25% of the cases there is residual brain damage. A serious infection is rare beyond age 3. It is treated with intravenous antibiotics.
In vaccine trials more babies who received the vaccine caught a serious infection than the unvaccinated.
Dr. Sears also points out that a breastfed baby that does not go to day care is at particularly low risk of contracting this illness.
He says on page 11 that to be get protection from a vaccine, for instance in the case of travel, you need to have it 3 months prior to the event.
Some versions of the HIB have aluminum as high as 1500 micrograms. He discusses aluminum in great detail later. He points out on page 195 that a toxic dose of aluminum for a newborn can be as low as 10 to 20 micrograms.
Unfortunately, even given all this information, he still recommends this particular vaccine, which I disagree with.
This is just a synopsis of 2 chapters, there are 17 others, most of them with loads of good information. There are several vaccines that he does not think are necessary and he provides detailed insight into why. I do recommend you read this book, but don't just blindly follow his advice. Look at the facts yourself before you decide if the risk is worth it.
If you are considering vaccinating I also recomend Vaccines: What CDC Documents and Science Reveal and Vaccines: Are They Really Safe and Effective.
Review written by Tenna Merchent, author of He's Not Autistic, But...
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