Dr Julie Leask, a senior research fellow and manager of social research at the University of Sydney’s National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance sounds like a moderate voice in the over-heated vaccination debate. ”We know the vaccine issue is grey. It’s not a simple case of vaccines are perfect,” Leask said and continues…”again and again we hear parents say, ‘I want balanced information.’”
Indeed – parents must be able to make up their own minds rather than feeling bludgeoned by health, education or other officials. Those who decide, as my mother did (a brave woman almost sixty years ago when polio was still around), as I did, as many others are doing, not to vaccinate, then that should be our choice and harassment, guilt, fear, ostracism or blame should never enter the equation.
Life is uncertain, but I and many like me prefer to put trust in our own health promotion efforts. And I reckon I’m doing better than anything vaccination can offer! At 63 I’ve never had a serious illness, never been in hospital (not even for babies). My boys, now 20 and 25, in their combined 45 years on this planet, have together seen a doctor 6 times (the average number of visits for a newborn in his first YEAR of life). Because of the work I do, I hear similar positive stories amongst un-vaccinated children! So what does responsibility for a competent immune system look like? Best place to start is with both parents before conception, it’s a lifetime commitment but those benefits will last a lifetime! If you’re looking for true preventive healthcare – this is it!
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