tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post4338874227881773375..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: The Beatles, Airport Dreams, the NFL, Medical Marijuana, Vaccinations and OctopiElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-46405791162131262982014-09-26T12:38:33.333-07:002014-09-26T12:38:33.333-07:00this was so great to read, the whole "package...this was so great to read, the whole "package" works so beautifully. brilliant really. it really packs a conundrum, something to think about. i wouldn't be against vaccination, but i would be against not being able to make an informed decision, that is, surely the FDA would know about the potential dangers, so why isn't there publicized warning, or a way to test people to determine who might be vulnerable to obvious dangers? it's completely unacceptable imo.tipotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11852418271537614823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-69075539759664961172014-01-27T21:45:18.025-08:002014-01-27T21:45:18.025-08:00Seeing even my dog have a severe seizure within ho...Seeing even my dog have a severe seizure within hours of his vaccine (which was a three drug combination) convinced me. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818795902981871173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-39566188237545224072014-01-25T12:45:09.162-08:002014-01-25T12:45:09.162-08:00I appreciate your comment. I know too many mothers...I appreciate your comment. I know too many mothers personally that had one child one day, and a different child the next following a barrage of vaccines all at once. <br /><br />I love your brilliance. fullsoulahead.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053261523883986863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36622945841693110512014-01-24T21:32:17.413-08:002014-01-24T21:32:17.413-08:00Hugs and hugs. All so well said.Hugs and hugs. All so well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-91520629343054100952014-01-24T13:25:41.355-08:002014-01-24T13:25:41.355-08:00You had me at NFL...You had me at NFL...blogzillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268388544631653375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-60855411756153143172014-01-24T12:54:24.940-08:002014-01-24T12:54:24.940-08:00You have no idea how much you've sharpened my ...You have no idea how much you've sharpened my ways of thinking, sharpened my nuances, and even affecting my work in healthcare. No idea.<br /><br />Thank you for this post, and all of them.SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14174193133138897712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-73336029609886962072014-01-24T10:00:59.913-08:002014-01-24T10:00:59.913-08:00Love.Love.kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-34398863622118887612014-01-24T08:58:12.358-08:002014-01-24T08:58:12.358-08:00That was incredibly well said, Elizabeth. I feel ...That was incredibly well said, Elizabeth. I feel the same about football - the hypocritical industry that is called the NFL. And I get your fear, your multifaceted fears. You got guts, girl. I thank god for your guts everyday.livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-13359939870277977202014-01-24T07:02:33.563-08:002014-01-24T07:02:33.563-08:00Good post… I feel your stance on vaccines is very ...Good post… I feel your stance on vaccines is very well thought out and expressed articulately in your facebook comment. As a pediatric nurse practitioner, I encourage parents to vaccinate their children ( as I have my own) but having heard your story in other posts, I very much get your point of view and would not be as reassured by the current research as I was in deciding how to vaccinate my own kids. Hopefully, you have found a pediatric provider who gets it too. You seem to be aware of the risk of NOT vaccinating your other two children and take it seriously. Ironically, I'll never forget taking care of an infant at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles over 30 years ago w/ whooping cough, whose mother contracted it from her…. it's a horrible disease that, yes, can take your life. I was fairly young and the primary nurse in a six bed infant intermediate care nursery that had six different rooms w/ cribs that could be isolated so all infectious diseases came my way. I remember driving down Sunset Blvd on my way to work every afternoon and hearing that "whoop" for 10 hours and watching that baby spasm and turn blue while her mother did the same….. that young mother never left her baby's side 24/7 despite her own illness. Where dad was, who knows?…. They both survived it, but it was awful and there wasn't much medically to do besides offering oxygen and humidification which didn't seem to do too much. I was one of the few clinicians (until lately) that had seen two true cases of whooping cough when I returned to the northeast. I didn't contract it because of my own parents' decision to vaccinate me as a child (but I was the sixth of seven and my family had no history of vaccine reactions). You and other parents like you are between a rock and a hard place…. and I'm sorry that is, yet again, the case. Please help yourself to my family's herd immunity, its the least we can do.colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329067973795030839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-6123651097203990632014-01-24T05:54:34.253-08:002014-01-24T05:54:34.253-08:00Well, I'll say it - I am against vaccinations ...Well, I'll say it - I am against vaccinations for myself and my family. <br /><br />Many years ago, I was attending an autism support group meeting and a woman walked in (who later became a friend). She told us her perfectly typical 2-year-old daughter had received a group of vaccinations on one visit to her pediatrician. Her daughter was sick and missed a prior scheduled visit so they lumped a bunch of shots on one day to make up for the missed ones. She woke up the next morning after the group of shots was given and her daughter had stopped speaking. She said everyday she was losing more and more skills. Couldn't do anything she was able to do prior to that day. She was afraid to get up in the morning and see what new loss was waiting for her.<br /><br />This is just one "anecdote" of tens of thousands out there. I've probably heard a few hundred of them myself. From my friends and others I've met. But science hates anecdotes. Especially by women. Mothers. What do they know? Who are they to stand up to the male medical establishment?<br /><br />I have a friend, a virologist, who worked for Merck on the MMR vaccine. He's now involved in a whistleblower suit against Merck because the was told to doctor the data on the vaccine. The suit is Krahling and Wlochowski vs. Merck. He has two unvaccinated children because of his work there. I am amazed at his courage to do this because his whole life and his family's has been impacted tremendously by this suit.<br /><br />Elizabeth, about the NFL you say, Does anyone else see the insanity of a sport/industry that gives people debilitating neurological problems yet commands fanatical attention and earns billions of dollars? I hate the American Football Sports Machine and the reek of money and profit. The smell of bullshit is bitter, bitter, bitter.<br /><br />I'd say the same about the Pharmaceutical industry. Yes, neurological problems from their vaccines, drugs. <br /><br />There's a movie called Rabbit-Proof Fence. It's a true story about three mixed-race Aboriginal girls, who ran away from the Moore River Native Settlement, north of Perth, Western Australia, to return to their Aboriginal families, after having been abducted from their mothers and placed there in 1931. The movie follows the Aboriginal girls as they walk for nine weeks along 1,500 miles of the Australian rabbit-proof fence to return to their community while being pursued. <br /><br />The oldest of the three girls is the one who makes the plan to escape and walk home and she takes her two younger relatives with her. On the long trek home, one of the younger girls gets captured and is taken back Moore. The remaining two unbelievably make it home and are reunited with their mother. In the beautiful scene where they are reunited, the older girl falls into her grandmother's arms and whispers "I lost one." <br /><br />I stopped vaccinating my third child at 6 months of age after it became apparent to me his older brother's autism was vaccine-related. I too, lost one, and refused to lose another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-63766399277157916632014-01-24T05:45:08.436-08:002014-01-24T05:45:08.436-08:00You go girl! People need to quick frickin' ju...You go girl! People need to quick frickin' judging. Damn - you said it good though!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671446238805535547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-39532898357237625232014-01-24T05:20:42.493-08:002014-01-24T05:20:42.493-08:00I just found out that the NFL is a NON-PROFIT ORGA...I just found out that the NFL is a NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION!<br />Right.<br />I understand your bitterness. I understand your anger. You have every right in this world to them. <br />Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-74011566520568920022014-01-24T00:19:41.883-08:002014-01-24T00:19:41.883-08:00Well, this IS a wide-ranging post! You know I agre...Well, this IS a wide-ranging post! You know I agree with you on the football. As for the vaccines, I agree that it's too easy for people to call critics or skeptics of vaccination "immoral" or "reckless." Personally I think vaccines are important and if I had a kid I'd get him or her vaccinated, but I think I understand why you and many other parents are concerned and I agree we need to study vaccines and reactions to vaccines further.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.com