I withdrew that and edited the post. Please see below.
I did miss your edit, apology accepted.
That said, the experience with my child wasn’t the reason my opinions on vaccination changed, it was actually diving into the research after this that was a turning point for me.
Long story short, it is clear that vaccines (for the most part) DO curb diseases (as intended), but the safety research into many vaccines is very limited and insufficient to actually know the totality of harms done. Some harms are small and insonsequential, some are lifelong… and so far, per independent review and government analysis, many potential harms are simply unknown.
“A CDC study indicated that, as with all passive surveillance systems, underreporting occurs with VAERS…”
Adverse events from vaccines are common but underreported, with less than one percent reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Low reporting rates preclude or delay the identification of "problem" vaccines, potentially endangering the health of the public. New surveillance methods for drug and vaccine adverse effects are needed.
The project sought to create a generalizable system to facilitate detection and clinician reporting of vaccine adverse events and found that it is possible to automatically detect adverse events in defined ways, and to electronically report them.
digital.ahrq.gov
Authors' conclusions: The design and reporting of safety outcomes in MMR vaccine studies, both pre- and post-marketing, are largely inadequate.
The design and reporting of safety outcomes in MMR vaccine studies, both pre- and post-marketing, are largely inadequate. The evidence of adverse events following immunisation with the MMR vaccine cannot be separated from its role in preventing the target diseases.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
I believe that vaccinations DO have a place, and that they should be given to vulnerable individuals, but NOT administered haphazardly to every single child regardless of individual risk factors.
