Whether to vaccinate the child (Pros and Cons)

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Today, many parents are pondering the question: "Is it worth it to vaccinate a child?". There was a wide and lively discussion on this topic in society. One can clearly distinguish two groups of people who express a completely opposite opinion and defend it very aggressively, using different arguments, which most often are factors of emotional impact on the audience.

Does the child vaccinated?

So, today in our society there is a group of people who believe that vaccinations  for the child there is an absolute evil, they bring only harm and no benefit - therefore, accordingly, absolutely no need to do them. In contrast, there is another group, which proves not only the validity of vaccinations, but the need to necessarily fulfill the terms of their production according to the calendar. As can be seen, both of these groups occupy extreme positions, one can say radical. However, both of them are wrong, since there are always many factors that should be taken into account when making a decision, as a result of which it is impossible to find one single simple solution for a complex problem.

Certainly, vaccinations are needed, since they protect children and adults from serious epidemics of infectious diseases, the outbreaks of which can kill from half to 2/3 of the entire population, as has already happened more than once in history. On the other hand, it is impossible to unify all people, and approach them with one measure, since each person is an individual. It is because of the large number of individual characteristics that each child cannot consider the vaccination calendar as the only correct instruction that is mandatory for execution in unchanged form. After all, each vaccine  has indications and contraindications, as well as instructions for its use. Therefore, it is necessary to take into account all the features of the child, and if he has any contraindications to vaccination at this particular moment, then it is necessary to move the calendar and vaccinate, observing the medical principle "Do no harm." Nothing bad will happen if the child receives the necessary vaccines a little later than his peers.

We turn to the position of opponents of vaccinations, who see in them the absolute evil, invented specifically for them. The main argument of this group of people is the harmful effects of vaccinations on the development of the child, both physical and mental. Unfortunately, vaccination, as well as any manipulation, is fraught with possible complications, which are quite rare in reality. But opponents of vaccinations claim that almost any illness of the child is associated with vaccines. Alas, it is not. The human body is not so simple. But a person is inclined to look for the simplest solution to the problems, therefore, when a child has a disease, it is much easier to find the vaccine to be the culprit of all misfortunes than to understand the phenomenon for a long time, carefully and scrupulously and find out the true reason.

Usually opponents of vaccinations use a variety of arguments that they use to exert the strongest possible emotional impact on the listener. Therefore, in order to understand the problem, it is necessary to fully control emotions and be guided only by the mind, since the heart is a bad adviser here. Of course, when parents are told that after vaccination, the child may remain a “fool” for life, or seriously ill, and bring some facts from the case histories, any adult will be impressed. His emotions will be very strong. As a rule, there is a distortion and submission of information in the most negative way, without carefully ascertaining the true causes of the tragedy.

After such strong emotional turmoil, many people will think: "Indeed, why are these vaccinations, when such complications come from them!". Such a decision under the influence of strong momentary emotions is wrong, because no one guarantees that an unvaccinated child will not get smallpox or diphtheria, which will be fatal for him. Another question is that it is necessary to take into account all aspects of the child’s condition and put the vaccine when the baby is ready to move it without complications.

That is why we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the most common arguments of opponents of vaccinations, and with scientific explanations of the phenomenon of immunity, so that your decisions are reasonable and balanced, based on reasoning, and not on blind statements. Below are the arguments of opponents of vaccinations under the heading "against", and explanations of scientists and doctors for each statement under the heading "for".

Vaccinations for children - for and against

Vs. Opponents of vaccinations claim that many people have their own immunity against infections, which is completely destroyed after vaccination.

Behind.  First of all we will understand in concepts. In this statement, the word "immunity" is used as a synonym for immunity to disease. There is a confusion of the concepts of "immunity to diseases" and "immunity", which for many people are synonymous, which is not true. Immunity is a collection of all cells, reactions and systems of the body that carry out the identification and destruction of pathogenic microbes, alien and cancer cells. And immunity to disease - is the presence of resistance to a specific pathogen.

Of course, a person is born with immunity, in the sense that he has cells and reactions that ensure the destruction of microbes. However, immunity to severe and contagious infections is not found in any newborn. Such immunity to a specific infection can be formed only after a person has had pain and recovery, or after the introduction of a vaccine. Consider how this happens.

When a pathogenic microbial infection pathogen enters the human body, it becomes ill. At this time, special cells of the immune system, called B-lymphocytes, approach the microbe and find out its "weak points", conditionally speaking. After such an acquaintance, B-lymphocytes begin to multiply, and then they actively synthesize specific proteins called immunoglobulins, or antibodies. These antibodies interact with an infectious microorganism, destroying it.

The problem is that each pathogen microbe needs its own specific antibodies. In other words, antibodies produced against measles will not be able to kill rubella, etc. After an infection in the human body, some antibodies to the pathogen remain, which become inactive and are called memory cells. These cells of memory cause immunity to infection in the future. The mechanism of immunity is as follows: if the microbe enters the human body, then there are already antibodies against it, they are simply activated, multiply rapidly and destroy the pathogen, preventing it from causing an infectious process. If there are no antibodies, then the process of their production takes some time, which may simply not be enough in case of a serious infection, and as a result, the person will die.

The vaccine allows the body to form such memory cells against dangerous infections, not hurting them. To do this, weakened microbes are introduced into the body, which are not capable of causing an infection, but are sufficient for B lymphocytes to react and to synthesize memory cells that will ensure immunity to this pathology for a certain period.

Vs. The child has a strong immunity, so healthy from birth, children can easily endure any infection, even during an epidemic.

Behind.  There are no such powerful defenses in the body that will allow it to be completely resistant to infections, and under the condition of the disease it can be successfully transferred and recovered. Even an adult has no such strength. A classic example is the flu, which happens every year. And you can be completely healthy, but in the flu epidemic can get sick, so much so that a week can not move. There are people who suffer from time to time, and there are those who carry the flu every year. In this example, we are talking about the flu - a relatively safe infection, which, however, every year kills almost 25,000 people in Russia. And think about much more serious and incredibly contagious infections, such as whooping cough, diphtheria, plague, smallpox, etc.

Vs. The child has not yet fully developed immune system, and vaccinations interfere with the natural course of things and disrupt the development of proper defense mechanisms against diseases. Therefore, it is impossible to put vaccinations until the immune system is fully formed.

Behind.  Indeed, the child’s immune system at birth is not fully mature, but it is divided into two critical links that should not be mixed. So, allocate specific and nonspecific immunity. The child has not fully formed only the mechanisms of nonspecific immunity, which are responsible for the destruction of pathogenic microbes on the mucous membranes, in the intestines, etc. It is the lack of nonspecific immunity that causes frequent colds of a child, his tendency to intestinal infections, long-term residual effects in the form of cough, rhinitis, etc.

Nonspecific immunity protects our body from opportunistic microbes that reside on the skin and mucous membranes. Conditionally pathogenic microbes are those microorganisms that are normally present in human microflora, but do not cause disease. When non-specific immunity is reduced, conditionally pathogenic microorganisms can cause a quite serious infection. It is this phenomenon that is observed in AIDS patients, whose nonspecific immunity practically does not function, and they become infected with the most innocent microbes that live normally on the skin and mucous membranes of humans. But non-specific immunity has nothing to do with the process of protecting the body against serious infections caused by infectious microbes.

Specific immunity is essentially the formation of antibodies by B-lymphocytes, which has no relation to the mechanisms of nonspecific protection. Specific immunity is aimed at the destruction of serious, infectious microbes, and nonspecific is necessary so that we do not constantly fall ill due to the presence of E. coli in the intestine or staphylococcus on the skin. And children are born with an underdeveloped non-specific immunity, but with a well-prepared specific, which is fully formed and only waits, figuratively speaking, a "combat mission."

Vaccination is an action that is necessary for the activation of specific immunity. Therefore, vaccination in no way violates the processes of maturation, the formation and formation of mechanisms of nonspecific protection. It is like two processes that take place in parallel ways. In addition, vaccinations cause the activation of only one link in the immune system, during the course of which, antibodies against one specific infection are produced. Therefore, we can not say that the vaccine is a sort of bulldozer that destroys all weak children's immunity. The vaccine has targeted and targeted effects.

It is useful to know that the ability to synthesize antibodies develops in a child in the womb, but nonspecific immunity is finally formed only by 5–7 years old. Therefore, opportunistic pathogens from the skin of the mother or father are more dangerous for the child than vaccinations. Normal work of non-specific immunity is observed in children from 1.5 years of age, therefore, only from this age, vaccines are introduced that use these mechanisms. Vaccines involving non-specific immunity include vaccinations against meningococcus (meningitis) and pneumococcus (pneumonia).

Vs. If the child has safely lived to 5 years, his immune system is fully formed, then now he definitely does not need any vaccinations - he is so healthy and will not get sick.

Behind.  This statement again confuses specific and non-specific immunity. In a child by the age of 5, nonspecific immunity is completely formed, but it protects him from simple microorganisms, such as E. coli, staphylococcus living on the skin, many bacteria that normally live in the oral cavity, etc. But non-specific immunity is not able to protect the child from serious infections, the pathogens of which can be neutralized only by antibodies, that is, specific immunity.

Antibodies are not produced by themselves - they are produced only as a result of a meeting, a personal acquaintance of a B-lymphocyte and a microbe, so to speak. In other words, for the formation of immunity to serious infections, it is necessary to introduce the organism to the microbe, the pathogen. To do this, there are two options: the first is to get sick, and the second is to be vaccinated. Only in the first case, the child will become infected with full-fledged, strong microbes, and it is not known who will win in the course of such “dating”, because, for example, 7 out of 10 children with diphtheria die. And when a vaccine is injected, it contains either dead microbial pathogens, or significantly weakened ones, which cannot cause infections, but their entry is sufficient for the immune system to recognize them and develop antibodies. In the situation of vaccination, we kind of play up the immune system, introducing a weakened enemy who is easy to defeat. As a result, we obtain antibodies and immunity to a dangerous infection.

Antibodies are not able to form without meeting with the microbe, under any circumstances! This is the property of the immune system. Therefore, if a person does not have antibodies to any infection, then he is able to become infected in 20, and in 30, and in 40, and in 50, and in 70 years. And who will win the battle when infected with an active microbe depends on many factors. Of course, the immune system is fully functional, it has already developed by the age of five years, but as shown by historical epidemics of infectious diseases, in two cases out of three, the pathogenic microbe wins. And only one of the three survives and has further immunity to this infection. But a person cannot inherit these mechanisms, so his children will be born again completely susceptible to infection with dangerous diseases. For example, adults in third-world countries where they are not vaccinated are well infected and die from diphtheria, although their immunity is fully formed!

Vs. It is better to have childhood infections as a child than an adult, when they are extremely bad and difficult to endure. It is about measles, rubella and mumps.

Behind.  Of course, children more easily tolerate these infections than adults. Yes, and vaccination against them does not guarantee lifelong immunity, it is only valid for 5 years, after which it is necessary to carry out vaccination. However, the following factors say "for" these vaccinations:

• possible infertility in boys after mumps;
• high incidence of arthritis after rubella in childhood;
• the risk of fetal malformations with a rubella pregnant woman for up to 8 weeks.

  However, after vaccination in childhood, it must be repeated. Therefore, on the condition that the child is not feeling well or other factors that indicate a refusal to vaccinate, they can be taken into account and the prevention of these infections can be postponed to a later date.

Vs. There is no need to put DTP in three months, when in six years they make ADS-M, which contains a small dose of diphtheria particles. Let the child get less "bad things".

Behind.  The ADS-M vaccine is needed precisely at the age of six, provided that the child was vaccinated with DTP in infancy, since it is alone - absolutely not effective. In this case, you will not get the effect of only one dose of ADS-M, so you can not do this vaccination at all. Introduction of ADS-M only at six is ​​a useless injection.
If the child, for whatever reason, is not vaccinated against whooping cough, tetanus and diphtheria (DTP) by the age of six, then he is vaccinated according to the following schedule: 0 - 1 - 6 - 5. This means: the first vaccine is now, the second is through month, the third - in half a year, the fourth - in five years. In this case, the first three vaccines are injected with DTP, and only the fourth, in five years - ADS-M.

Vs. Vaccine manufacturers for vaccinations just want to earn more money, so they force everyone to put them, despite the harm, consequences and complications.

Behind.  Of course, pharmaceutical concerns are not strictly charitable organizations, but they should not be. At one time, Louis Pasteur came up with a vaccine against smallpox, not for fun, and not because he really wanted to make money, but to make everyone else mentally retarded idiots. As we see, more than a hundred years have passed, people stopped dying from smallpox, and mental retardation did not hit Europe, America or Russia.

Pharmaceutical concerns work, they do not engage in robber raids and theft. No one blames the producers of, say, bread or pasta, that they want to make everyone fools and make money on people, forcing them to buy their products. Of course, bakeries and pasta factories make a profit, but people can also buy food. Likewise with vaccines, pharmaceutical plants make a profit, and people protect against dangerous infections.

In addition, a lot of money is invested in the development of new vaccines, the search for a cure for AIDS and other industries. Pharmaceutical companies annually allocate multiple doses of vaccine, free of charge, for conducting vaccination campaigns in third world countries.

In the end, if the stars are lit - it means someone needs it! In Russia, there is an experience of avoiding mass vaccination - this is an epidemic of diphtheria, observed in 1992-1996. At that time, vaccines were not purchased by the state, babies were not vaccinated - this is the result.

Vs. There are thousands of examples that vaccinated children get sick a lot and often, while the unvaccinated do not. In principle, an unvaccinated child is much easier to endure all sores. Many parents noticed this in their families - the first child with the vaccines was constantly ill, and the second one had no vaccines - and nothing more than coughs up a maximum.

Behind. This is not about vaccinations. Let's see how often the first children are ill, who were immunized. Often women marry in pregnancy, experience many stresses, housing and material problems are very serious. Again, the food is not too good. Naturally, a child is not born in the most optimal conditions, which contributes to frequent morbidity. And then there's the vaccine ...

The second child is planned, the woman and the man are prepared, as a rule, have a job, a stable income, solved material and housing problems. Nutrition of the pregnant and lactating mother is much better, the child is expected, etc. Naturally, under such different conditions, the second child will be healthier, it will be less sick, and nothing to do with vaccinations. But the parents have already decided: the first one was vaccinated, so he was sick, and the second one was healthy, and he was not sick without any vaccines. Resolved - vaccinations cancel!

In fact, the reason is not vaccinations, but I don’t want to think about it. Therefore, before concluding, "there are vaccinations - it hurts, no vaccinations - it does not get sick", think and analyze all the factors. After all, do not forget about the individual characteristics of the child. For example, there are twins that are completely different, one is weak and painful, and the second is strong and healthy. And they live and develop in exactly the same conditions.

Vs. Vaccines contain dangerous substances - viruses, bacteria, cancer cells, preservatives (in particular mercury), which cause serious complications in children.

Behind.  The vaccine does contain both viral particles and bacteria, but they are not capable of causing an infectious disease. Since in order to develop immunity against a specific infection, it is necessary to introduce B-lymphocyte and microbe, it is clear that the presence of particles of the microorganism-causative agent in the vaccine is clear. It contains particles of viruses or bacteria, or dead pathogens that simply carry the characteristic antigens necessary for acquaintance and antibody production by B-lymphocytes. Naturally, a piece of the virus or a dead bacterium can in no way cause an infectious disease.

We turn to the preservatives and stabilizers. The greatest number of questions causes formaldehyde and merthiolate.

At the vaccine production stage, formaldehyde is used, which causes cancer in large quantities. This substance enters vaccines in trace amounts, its concentration is 10 times less than that produced by the body within 2 hours. Therefore, the idea that trace amounts of formaldehyde in a vaccine will lead to cancer is simply untenable. Formidron, which also has formaldehyde, is much more dangerous than it is used to eliminate excessive sweating. By smearing Formidron in your armpits, you risk soaking up much larger doses of dangerous carcinogen through the skin!

Merthiolate (thiomersal, mercurothiolate) is also used in developed countries. The maximum concentration of this preservative in a hepatitis B vaccine is 1 g per 100 ml, while in other preparations it is even less. Transferring this amount to the volume of the vaccine, we get 0.00001 g of merthiolate. This amount of substance is eliminated from the body on average for 3-4 days. At the same time, taking into account the mercury content in the air of cities, the level of merthiolate introduced with the vaccine is compared with the background in 2–3 hours. In addition, the vaccine contains mercury in an inactive compound. And poisonous mercury vapor that can cause damage to the nervous system is a completely different matter.

There is an interesting study about mercury. It turns out that it accumulates in mackerel and herring in large quantities. With regular consumption of meat of these fish, they can lead to cancer.

Vaccinations for children: pros and cons - video

Should children be vaccinated strictly according to the calendar?

Of course not. An individual approach is needed with a thorough clarification of the child’s condition, a study of the history of childbirth and development, as well as past diseases. Since some conditions are contraindicated for immediate vaccination, which is tolerated depending on the situation for half a year or even two years. There is a situation when you can not put one vaccine, but you can another. Then you should postpone the contraindicated vaccine, and put the allowed.

Often parents face the following problem. For example, in the vaccination calendar for a child, it is indicated that BCG is first administered, after which the vaccine against polio is administered. If the child has not been vaccinated with BCG, and the time has come to be vaccinated against poliomyelitis, then the nurses and doctors refuse to give polio without BCG! This behavior is motivated by the vaccination calendar, which clearly states: first, BCG, then polio. Unfortunately, this is wrong. These vaccines are not related to each other, so you can put a vaccine against polio and without BCG. Most often, medical workers, especially in public medical and preventive treatment facilities, faithfully follow the letter of instruction, often to the detriment of common sense. Therefore, if you encounter a similar problem, it is best to contact the vaccination center and deliver the necessary vaccine.

In principle, BCG is the prevention of tuberculosis, but if the standards of hygiene are observed and there is no contact with the patient, it is very difficult to catch them. After all, tuberculosis is a social disease that most often affects people who are poorly nourished, have low disease resistance, and also live in unsanitary conditions. It is this combination that causes susceptibility to tuberculosis. To illustrate the nature of tuberculosis as a social disease, I will give two examples from personal practice.

First example. A sick boy from a quite decent family, his parents work, have a normal income, eat well, but the house is very dirty. They live in an old apartment, which is 20 years old. Just imagine the living conditions of the child when the carpet in a large room has never been cleaned over the years! It was covered with a tarpaulin, which was simply shaken out when rubbish accumulated on it. The apartment is not vacuumed, only swept. Here, a clear disregard for cleanliness was the cause of the disease of tuberculosis.

The second example. The combination of all factors favorable for infection with tuberculosis is found in places of detention. Therefore, in correctional colonies and prisons, tuberculosis is simply raging.

In principle, it is intuitively clear to any competent doctor that vaccinations that were not delivered according to schedule are entered according to the indications and depending on the situation, but not according to the order in the vaccination schedule for children. Therefore, the calendar order - BCG, then DTP, and only this way - of course, is not a strict sequence, mandatory for execution. Different vaccinations are not related to each other.

Another question when it comes to the second and third introduction. When it comes to DTP, here it is necessary to observe the deadlines for the formation of full immunity to infections. In this case, the instruction that the DTP is done three times with a break of one month between them is mandatory. Again, in each instruction, possible options are always prescribed - what to do, if vaccines are missed, how many more vaccines to administer, and in what sequence. I'm sorry to explain this to you.

Finally, always remember that the presence of birth trauma or intestinal upset before vaccinations are contraindications for their introduction strictly on schedule. In this case, vaccination should be moved according to the requirements specified in the vaccination instructions. For example, increased intracranial pressure in a child after childbirth leads to the need to postpone vaccinations, which can be put only a year after the normalization of pressure. And indigestion is a contraindication to the polio vaccine, which is tolerated until the full recovery and disappearance of signs of intestinal infection.

Do I have to vaccinate children?

Today in Russia, parents can refuse to vaccinate their children. Vaccination is optional. But many children's institutions, such as kindergartens and schools, refuse to accept unvaccinated babies. Parents often say: “Why should you be afraid? Your children are vaccinated, so if my child gets sick, it will still not infect anyone!” This is of course true. But do not be so arrogant, not knowing epidemiology.

When immunity to a disease caused by vaccines exists in a population of people, the pathogen of this infection does not disappear - it simply switches to other similar species. This happened with the smallpox virus, which is now circulating in the monkey population. The microorganism in such a situation may mutate, after which people will again become partially susceptible to it. First of all, unvaccinated people will become infected, and then those who have weakened immunity, or for some reason, have become susceptible to this changed microbe, despite vaccination. Therefore, a small percentage of unvaccinated people can do a disservice to everyone else.

Do I need to vaccinate children?

The answer to this question depends on the views of parents, the desire of people to think and, above all, their readiness to take responsibility for their decisions. In general, it is a personal matter of each person - to vaccinate or not. Before use, you should consult with a specialist.

How do you feel about vaccinations? Have children vaccinated?

I have a daughter in 1992. Up to 7 months, normal development, crawled. All is well. Before vaccination. Six months later, the diagnosis of cerebral palsy with prenatal development. WHAT THE FUCK. Now it does not even creep. Forest this non-folk medicine. Hope not late with prejudice.

My position on vaccinations is:

"Most vaccinations in most cases may be unnecessarily dangerous and undesirable for a child, and there are good reasons for abandoning them."

So, no more but no less. I did not vaccinate my child, and I will not do it.

A person refusing vaccinations is sure to immediately hang the mark of a frantic sectarian, a madman risking the lives of children; paranoid, believing in the conspiracy theory of evil doctors ... You know, I'm really tired about this. Tired to communicate with stupid and illiterate people, you just do not be offended. I am a biologist by education, and we had a course in immunology; Plus, later I read quite a few books on immunology and special materials, and I continue to read them today. Whatever one may say, but at the very least I understand the question, undoubtedly at the level of basic concepts and special terminology. And I must tell you that immunology is one of the most interesting, and at the same time, the most difficult sections of biology. People who sometimes have to enter into discussions on vaccination issues - in 99% of cases they “understand” the issue at the level of several postulates:

1. Vaccinations are the only way to save children from terrible diseases; vaccinated child disease is not terrible; an unvaccinated child will die of disease;
2. Unvaccinated child - dangerous for vaccinated children; it should not be allowed with the vaccinated children in the team; (trying to understand how this point is consistent with the previous one? where is the logic here? don't try, it is useless).
3. All vaccinations are completely safe for children, do not carry them the slightest threat;
4. All doctors and pharmacists are fully competent, immaculately truthful, absolutely well-meaning towards children;
5. (as a conclusion from previous ones): He who refuses vaccinations - a) is paranoid, in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4; b) the enemy's own children, according to claim 1; c) the enemy and all the surrounding children, too, according to paragraph 2 (this paragraph is particularly interesting, since it takes the question beyond the scope of "his personal business").

These postulates, like any dogmatic statements, are absolutely not subject to any doubt, do not need to be checked, are not shaken by any facts and arguments. Talking with such people about vaccinations is a completely pointless exercise. Therefore, if you have knowledge about vaccinations - in the framework of the above postulates - I ask you to close this material, do not read it further. It is intended for people who have not completely lost their ability to reason, logical, and unbiased thinking, and who are interested to find out how things are in reality, in fact, and not to defend their opinions, whether they are right or wrong.

When the birth of a child loomed here, I began to prepare very carefully for this on a variety of issues, including on the issue of vaccinations. Having dug up and subjected to a detailed analysis of a lot of materials, both anti-vaccination, and pro-vaccination, and neutral-academic, I came to certain conclusions. Here they are:

1. The question of the need and usefulness of vaccinations is very, very complex, requiring special consideration and analysis for each vaccine separately; There are serious arguments against the majority of vaccinations that they are generally needed; SINGULARLY this question does NOT look like "all vaccinations that are made are needed and useful";
2. The issue of harmlessness and the absence of threats from vaccination is very, very complex, requiring special consideration and analysis for each vaccine separately; There are serious arguments for the majority of vaccinations, indicating a real, non-illusory health risk for the child being vaccinated; SINGLELY, this question does NOT look like "all vaccinations that are being done are completely safe for the child."
3. Official medicine insists on the absolute need and complete safety of all vaccinations; at the same time, in contradiction with the information leading to the conclusions in paragraphs 1 and 2, it demonstrates the absence of any serious argumentation in favor of its statements; on the contrary, it unequivocally demonstrates the wide use of psychological manipulations, pressure, intimidation, deliberate direct lies, hushing up real facts.
4. Such behavior of official medicine is not in the nature of "conspiracy theories", but is fully explicable from the standpoint, firstly, of the total corruption of medical workers and officials who created the conditions for a strong material interest in the results of vaccination and complete irresponsibility for any consequences of vaccination; secondly, the general degradation of the public institute of medicine both from the scientific and practical, as well as from the moral and ethical side, and the actual attitude of people and physicians to medical issues as religious issues - i.e. not in need of evidence or proof. In general, the issues of the current situation in medicine need to be considered separately; it’s bad globally, not just in pediatrics.
5. In order to come to the above conclusions, a completely impartial analysis of open information, including pro-vaccination and official information, is sufficient; at the same time, it is not necessary to be an expert in immunology, it is enough to have a general education, general common sense and knowledge of logic. A more detailed analysis of information, with a deepening of narrowly specific biological and immunological issues, usually shows that the argument in favor of refraining from vaccinations is even more fundamental and strong. In particular, the argument that a vaccine is a gross intervention in the immune system, although giving, perhaps, resistance to a particular disease, but causing a strong blow to the immune system as a whole, is almost indisputable.

(At this point there is one more small deviation from medicine to politics and psychology. People have to believe that the authorities and in general any higher authorities initially treat them favorably, bear, so to speak, good, take care of the people as a whole. And Despite minor reasons to be dissatisfied with the authorities, it is difficult for people even to theoretically perceive the concept that the government can be hostile to the people. Psychologically, it is easier to reject this concept, because it is very unpleasant. well, it’s one thing to obey the father of the family, albeit a very harsh one — you feel oppressed but protected; another thing is to obey an unequivocal enemy: you feel like a slave facing death.Therefore, people are often inclined to reject without argument any argument that that the authorities are doing some things that are obviously hostile to the people and personally to you, although at the present time, the simplest analysis of reality shows that nothing can be explained about what is happening.

In our countries, the authorities are essentially an occupation administration, which acts for the good of not foreigners, but foreign occupiers. The interests of which include, among other things, the planned reduction of the population "by peaceful means." The simplest, visible to the naked eye, powerful areas of influence in this vein are the promotion of alcoholism, smoking, drug addiction, and informational influence aimed at reducing the birth rate. In addition to these large ones, there are dozens of smaller, fruitful, actions of the government against the people (destruction of education, public morality, family values, normal health care, etc.), but this is not the topic of this article. So, on this basis, I consider it extremely important to have a correct psychological attitude towards any actions, any initiatives of the authorities. We do not and cannot know all their secret thoughts and desires. However, if we consider that the authorities are in principle benevolent to the people, then all their initiatives should be trusted. And if we consider that the authorities are in principle hostile to the people, then all their initiatives should be initially skeptical, to treat them as hostile until proven otherwise. As I said, psychologically this is not easy. However, we also need some kind of responsibility to our children. To consider that their psychological comfort is more important than their life and health - this is somehow not quite adult.

So, knowing and seeing how the authorities disregard the health of the people, and maliciously destroy it - I can’t believe that the pressure they are constantly putting in the direction of vaccinations is the expansion of the list of vaccinations, the increase in the number of vaccinations that come from no one knows where vaccinations against bird flu, swine cough, atypical diarrhea and other unknown Japanese crap - that all this pressure of the authorities is carried out in a rush of concern for the welfare of the people. And the opposite assumptions come easily)

(Finishing about vaccinations, I want to say that I deliberately did not touch on the discussion of specific issues of argumentation against vaccines. Because it was done a long time before me, repeatedly, qualitatively and in full; why make an essay if you can read the original sources.)

Victor Sergienko

After the birth of a child in the family there are quite a few controversial issues. An important place is occupied by the question of the vaccination of the crumbs in the first year of his life, whether children up to one year old need vaccinations. Some parents are confident in the benefits of vaccinations and put them according to the vaccination calendar. Others flatly refuse to vaccinate their child, believing that it is too dangerous for an immature organism to give such a load and it is not necessary to administer vaccines. Both those and others are guided first of all by the desire to protect their child from diseases, but which of them is right?

Do you need vaccinations for children up to a year

Opinions of doctors in this matter are more specific. Put vaccinations necessarily. After all, there are a number of dangerous diseases from which only vaccination can save. These are diseases such as:

• polio,
• diphtheria,
• whooping cough,
• tetanus,
• paratite,
• hepatitis,
• tuberculosis and many others.

The main arguments of opponents of vaccinations - are cases of disease, and sometimes even mortality due to the notorious vaccine. But it is worth understanding that here, non-compliance with the pre-vaccination period is more likely than the effect of the administered vaccine in the child’s body. Anyway, everyone is interested in whether or not to give vaccinations to children under one year old.

To put or not to vaccinate children under one year old opinion of doctors

Almost all doctors are unanimous in the opinion that it is necessary and necessary for a child to be vaccinated up to a year and after, and even throughout life, according to the vaccination schedule. Of course, the reaction of the body in all children is different and sometimes unpredictable. It is very important to understand that in no case should you vaccinate a child who is ill or has recently been ill. Before vaccinations, it is imperative to pass tests to monitor the health of the baby. And in general, lead a correct lifestyle, temper, abide by the regime of the day and nutrition.

Nor should the timing of vaccination be ignored, otherwise prophylactic efficacy may be lower than expected. If you are going on vacation, it is better to consult with a pediatrician when it is better to put this or that vaccine to your child.

Proponents of non-vaccination believe that they have low quality and therefore they harm children more. This is a misconception, since all vaccines have been monitored and recommended by the Ministry of Health. All vaccines have different manufacturers and development schemes, but they are not less or more effective. All analogues are interchangeable. Pediatricians will be able to give detailed advice to parents at the reception before vaccination.

Whether to put vaccinations for children up to a year

There are vaccines that should not be abandoned. The first vaccination in the life of the baby is BCG (tuberculosis vaccine), then polio, whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus are put. A year later, mandatory revaccination. In the year put a vaccine against measles, and 1.5 from parotitis (mumps).

All data on the timing and number of vaccines is in the vaccination certificate of the child.

The end of the last century was marked in Russia by outbreaks of seemingly much forgotten diseases like measles, polio and diphtheria. The baton from the 90s took the 2000s. In 2003-2004, there was an outbreak of diphtheria in our country, from 2011 to 2013, the number of measles cases increased in all regions. In 2013, only in Moscow there were already 505 registered! The majority of those infected are children under the age of 5 who have not been vaccinated with an appropriate vaccine. According to doctors, the main reason is the rejection of prophylactic vaccinations. And often the disease itself is not so terrible as its complications: otitis media, pneumonia, encephalitis, meningoencephalitis. So, dear parents, when deciding whether to vaccinate a child, take this information into account and remember that any ailment for which vaccination is included in the national immunization schedule can lead to the most tragic consequences.

Now there is a vaccine against very dangerous rotavirus, the causative agent of very severe forms of diarrhea, in which children develop severe dehydration. Most often this happens with children under 2 years. Babies are vaccinated from the 6th week of life.

Timely Protection

There is an opinion that a baby who is breastfed is reliably protected from the most dangerous ailments by immunoglobulins found in mother's milk. Moreover, in breast milk there are antibodies to those infections that mother had had. This is true, but such protection is effective only in the first months of life. Over time, my mother's immunoglobulins are processed and eliminated from the body. They should be replaced by antibodies produced by the child’s body. This happens only if the crumb recover from a dangerous infection. Vaccination provides the opportunity to transfer the disease in a greatly weakened form and form its own defense against it.

Many parents are worried that the vaccination begins almost the next day after the baby is born. The fact is that the infant’s immune system cannot yet independently combat viruses, and any infection can have very serious consequences for the little man. For example, immediately after birth, there is a high risk of the baby being infected with hepatitis B and tuberculosis. That is why these vaccinations are done first. For children under 2 years of age, whooping cough, measles, diphtheria and tetanus are very dangerous. In 25% of infants less than 6 months, whooping cough turns into pneumonia, and in 20% it turns into false croup. In addition, resistance to many diseases is not immediately developed, and for prophylaxis it is necessary to administer the vaccine at certain intervals several times.

Composition and terms

Vaccines are live and inactivated. In the first case, a live but weakened virus is included in the vaccine, and in the second, it has already been killed. Moreover, some vaccines may not contain whole cells of a dead pathogen, but only individual particles of a dangerous microorganism. Such cell-free vaccines are less likely to cause complications. The immune system reacts to any viruses, and if parents are afraid of complications or the baby’s body reacted too vigorously to the first vaccination, it is better to “prick” the crumbs to the second time with a cell-free analogue of the first vaccine. The effectiveness of immune protection from drug replacement is unlikely to suffer.

In addition to the virus, the vaccine contains additional ingredients. Supplements weaken viruses (formaldehyde), enhance the immune response (aluminum hydroxide) or act as preservatives, prolonging the shelf life of the drug (phenol). And although in modern preparations additional components are hundreds of times less than in previous generation vaccines, it is the minor components that most often provoke side reactions.

Allergic reactions to the vaccine are rare. The reason is individual sensitivity to the protein components of the vaccine. Symptoms of the reaction - swelling and redness of the skin at the injection site of the vaccine, a jump in body temperature, rash.

Unwanted reactions

If we talk about the complications that occur after vaccination, in most cases, there is nothing wrong with adverse reactions to the vaccine. They usually signal that the body has accepted the challenge and is actively fighting the uninvited guest, that is, the virus.

Doctors divide adverse reactions into local and general. The first occur at the injection site, the second affect the entire body. Both those and others are most often not dangerous, the body independently copes with them for 2 за3 days.

Local reaction to the vaccination is manifested by redness, slight soreness or swelling in the place where the needle entered. Such is the defensive reaction to the entry of foreign substances into the baby’s body. Sometimes manufacturers specifically provoke a local reaction, introducing into the composition of the drug special substances - adjuvants. The more active the inflammation occurs, the more cells will become acquainted with the “aggressor” that has penetrated, which means that the immunity will be formed more actively. Usually adjuvants are contained in "dead" vaccines, and the "live" organism responds quite rapidly to the "living" organism.

Common reactions to vaccination include fever, sleep disturbance, loss of appetite, drowsiness, and lethargy. A rise in temperature means that the alien’s immune system has noticed and is actively fighting it. In order not to interfere with it, the antipyretic is given to the baby only if the thermometer shows more than 38.5 ° C.

If local and general reactions persist for longer than 2–3 days, you should always consult a doctor. When it is impossible to bring the temperature down and the child’s condition deteriorates, call an ambulance. Typically, such complications develop with vaccination against a background of weakened immunity. Since the temperature rise in very young children may be asymptomatic, pediatricians recommend measuring it for 2–3 days after vaccination and monitor the child’s behavior, sleep and appetite.

shelf life

Each vaccine has its own expiration date. For example, a vaccine against hepatitis B is effective for 5 years, the BCG vaccine is 7–8 years old, DTP is 10 years old. A “live” polio vaccine protects the body for 5 years, inactivated - 10. The vaccine against measles and mumps works for 12 years. And in order to avoid infection with hepatitis A and human papillomavirus, a single vaccine is enough. Sometimes the disease itself does not give such a long-term immunity. For example, an unvaccinated person can re-become infected with measles or a parotid disease as early as 5 years after suffering a disease.

Only optional

The list of vaccinations in the national calendar is quite impressive, but these are not all dangerous diseases from which it is desirable to protect the child. There is also chickenpox, meningitis, hepatitis A, tick-borne encephalitis. Such vaccinations are only recommended by doctors, but in no case insist on their proposal. Nevertheless, parents have something to think about.

Chickenpox is usually easily transmitted, but the virus is very contagious. A person who has not suffered chickenpox will pick it up after talking with a patient with a probability of almost 100%. It is worth getting sick at least one child in kindergarten, as chickenpox covers not only the kindergarten, but also the unvaccinated loved ones of those children who contracted the chickenpox. In addition, this disease has a complication such as diabetes, which often happens in adults who have had chickenpox, and the virus is very dangerous for those babies that are still developing in my mother's tummy.

Meningococci is the cause of severe forms of meningitis. The disease develops instantly and often has irreversible effects. Now from this infection, you can vaccinate children from 2 months.

Hepatitis A is transmitted as an intestinal infection through unwashed hands, water, and food. The disease affects the liver - the organ of blood formation. It is possible to vaccinate children against this disease after 1 year.

Tick-borne encephalitistransfer ixodic mites. The chance to meet them in the summer is great even in the suburbs. The virus causes severe damage to the nervous system. So graft is worth all lovers of nature.

National vaccination calendar for children of the first year of life for 2017

• Newborns in the first 24 hours after birth - vaccination against viral hepatitis B.
• Newborns (3rd-7th day of birth) - vaccination against tuberculosis (BCG-M).
• 1 month - the second vaccination against viral hepatitis B.
• 2 months - the first vaccination against pneumococcal infection.
• 3 months - in one day: the first vaccination against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus (DPT), the first vaccination against polio and the first vaccination against hemophilic infection.
• 4 months - the second vaccination against pneumococcal infection (revaccination at 12-15 months).
• 4.5 months - in one day: the second vaccination against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus (DPT), the second vaccination against polio, the second vaccination against hemophilic infection.
• 6 months - in one day: the third vaccination against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus (revaccination at 18 months, at 6 and 14 years old - against diphtheria and tetanus), the third vaccination against polio (revaccination at 18, 20 months and 14 years) , the third vaccination against hemophilic infection, the third vaccination against viral hepatitis B.
• 12 months - vaccination against measles, mumps, rubella (revaccination at 6 years).

Parents often wonder if they need to vaccinate a child, or it is better to refuse vaccination. Vaccinations act against dangerous diseases, which in some cases end in disability. Vaccination is carried out to develop immunity to a particular disease. It is important to correctly assess how high the risk of refusal is from injections, and to understand that adverse reactions from vaccination may do less harm than the consequences of the disease itself.

In addition, to give the baby to a preschool institution without a certificate of vaccinations made is very problematic. By the time of admission to the kindergarten, it is desirable to make all the required vaccinations.

What is vaccination for, is it mandatory?

Immunity protects the body from pathological microbes and viruses coming from outside. There are innate and acquired (adaptive) immunity:

• Congenital forms in an embryonic state and is hereditary. He is responsible for the immunity of the child's body to a specific type of virus.
• Adaptive immunity is formed as the child develops throughout life. The immune system is rebuilt, adapts to new viruses and protects people from them.

The immune system recognizes a virus that has entered the body, and antibodies are produced that multiply rapidly and absorb the viral cell, killing it. After such a fight, several antibodies are stored in the body. These are “memory cells” that instantly multiply and become active when the virus reappears in the blood. Thanks to the "memory cells" the child does not fall ill a second time, he has already developed adaptive immunity. Vaccination is aimed at the formation in humans of acquired immunity.

There are live (injected weakened virus) and inactivated (dead virus injected) vaccine. After both procedures, the development mechanism of “memory cells” is launched, which in future protect the baby from the disease. When using inactivated vaccines, complications are excluded, since A dead virus is introduced to the child. After live vaccines in a baby, the development of a mild form of the disease is possible, which will allow in the future to avoid a severe course of the disease.

In Soviet times, child vaccination was mandatory, and the question of choice was not so acute. Now babies are vaccinated with the written consent of the parents, and they have the right to refuse the procedure. At the same time, parents take responsibility for the risks associated with the likelihood of infecting a baby - the child’s adaptive immunity to the virus will be absent.

Vaccination list for children of different ages

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There is a vaccination schedule for which children are vaccinated (see the article for details). However, strict observance of all deadlines is not always possible. After the cold suffered by the child, a certain time must pass before the pediatrician allows inoculation. In this regard, the dates indicated in the calendar may vary. However, if the plan is revaccination (re-vaccination to consolidate acquired immunity), then you should not delay with the terms.

When revaccination is important to clearly observe the time between vaccinations, otherwise these procedures may be useless.

Age	Vaccination name	Vaccination number
1 day	Hepatitis B	1
3-7 day	BCG (against tuberculosis)	1
1 month	Hepatitis B	2
3 months	DTP (whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus) / poliomyelitis / pneumococcal infection	1/ 1/ 1
4 months	DTP (whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus) / poliomyelitis / pneumococcal infection / hemophilia (children at risk) (we recommend to read:)	2/ 2/ 2/ 1
6 months	DTP (whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus) / poliomyelitis / hepatitis B / hemophilia (children at risk) (we recommend to read:)	3/ 3/ 3/ 2
12 months	Measles, rubella, parotitis	1
6 years	Measles, rubella, parotitis (more details in the article:)	2
7 years	Mantoux (see also:)	2

A special place is occupied by the annual vaccination against influenza, which can be carried out for children older than 6 months. At the height of the epidemic, the risk of catching the virus is very high, especially for children attending kindergarten and school. Influenza can give complications to internal organs and the musculoskeletal system. In general, seasonal flu vaccination is voluntary, but highly desirable. It is necessary to make this vaccination in advance. In the midst of an epidemic, it makes no sense to take root. When are doctors recommending anti-influenza vaccination? It is optimal to introduce a vaccine 3-4 weeks before the epidemic.

  Children attending kindergartens and schools are advised to hold annual flu vaccinations.

Another topical question - is it possible to vaccinate a child with minor cold symptoms? No, it is important to vaccinate only a fully mature baby after a thorough examination by a pediatrician.

Typical vaccination reactions

After vaccination, certain reactions may occur that are permissible: redness and swelling of the injection site, fever, headache, general malaise, moodiness. These symptoms disappear within 2 days. The most severe adverse events are observed after the DPT vaccination: the temperature can rise to 39 ° C and last up to 3 days. The baby should be given antipyretic drugs (Nurofen, Kalpol, Tsefekon candles) and provide him with rest.

What drugs can be given for redness and itching? Best of all will help antihistamine drops Zirtek, Fenistil, Suprastin.

Arguments for vaccination

Vaccinations protect children from many diseases, from which there are no prophylactic drugs. Vaccination is the only possible way to prevent a baby from whooping cough, tetanus, polio, and tuberculosis.

According to experts, the vaccine does not provide one hundred percent protection against the disease, but significantly reduces the risk of infection. A vaccinated child, if ill, will take the disease much easier, without dangerous complications.

Some vaccinations provide active protection in the first years after vaccine administration, and then their effect decreases. For example, adaptive immunity against pertussis disappears as the child grows. However, whooping cough is dangerous to get sick exactly to 4 years. At this age, the disease threatens the baby with a blood vessel rupture and severe pneumonia. Only a vaccine made according to the plan (at 3, 4 and 6 months) will protect the child from a terrible infection.

Arguments for vaccination:

• the formation of adaptive (acquired) immunity against pathogens of dangerous and fatal diseases;
• mass vaccinations can suppress outbreaks of viral infections and prevent the development of epidemics of measles, rubella, mumps, polio, tuberculosis, hepatitis B and many other diseases that can result in a child’s disability;
• for unvaccinated children, secret “barriers” are placed on admission to kindergarten, traveling to a country summer camp - registration of a child in any institution, including school, requires a certificate of vaccinations and an immunization card;
• vaccinations for children up to one year old and older are made under the supervision of medical personnel who are responsible for this.

It is also important to immunize a completely healthy person. After transferred ARVI, one should maintain an interval of 2 weeks and properly prepare the baby for the vaccine. It is necessary to carry out revaccination (repeated immunization) in strictly established periods. These simple rules will allow you to achieve maximum effect with a minimum of side effects.

  Before vaccination, make sure that the baby is completely healthy.

Arguments against"

Many parents believe that it is not necessary to vaccinate newborn babies, because they already have innate immunity, and chemical vaccine preparations will destroy it. However, the effect of prophylactic vaccinations is aimed at the development and strengthening of adaptive immunity, and they have no effect on congenital immunity. Therefore, understanding the principle of the immune system, we can safely refute this argument.

Opponents of vaccination refer to side effects and possible complications. In some cases, newborns appear reddening and suppuration at the injection site, allergic reactions, fever - this is the body's response to the introduced strains of viruses, which is the acceptable norm. Serious complications occur extremely rarely and are due to a violation of the vaccination technique, poor quality of the medicine, violation of its storage conditions.

The greatest danger is a complication due to individual intolerance to the drug. It is almost impossible to predict such complications.

Why it is impossible to do prophylactic injections from serious diseases? Parents give a lot of arguments in favor of failure:

• vaccine efficacy not fully proven;
• newborns do not undergo a full medical examination;
• the immune response in the newborn is very weak (especially in the first week, when 2 main vaccinations are given - BCG and hepatitis), therefore vaccination does not give the desired effect and will only bring harm;
• diseases are easily tolerated at an early childhood and do not have serious consequences (rubella, measles) - this is a mistaken opinion of parents;
• a high percentage of complications after vaccination, there is no individual approach to each baby;
• inadequate vaccine quality, unknown manufacturers, irresponsible approach of medical personnel to the storage of drugs.

Opinion of Dr. Komarovsky

Do I have to vaccinate my children? The famous doctor Komarovsky answers this question in great detail. In his opinion, after any vaccination, there remains a small chance of getting sick. However, the outcome of the disease will not be so pitiable, and the baby will suffer the disease in a mild form. The main thing is to follow a certain schedule, which can be made individually, taking into account the characteristics of the child's body.

  Famous pediatrician E. O. Komarovsky is of the opinion that vaccination is a highly effective way to protect children from dangerous infectious diseases.

In order for the immune system to respond correctly to the vaccine and to produce the right amount of antibodies, the baby must be completely healthy. What moments should parents consider? Komarovsky gives some useful tips:

• do not experiment with new food, do not administer complementary foods several days before vaccination;
• a day before the vaccination of the child to keep on a diet, so as not to overload the digestive tract;
• not to eat food one hour before and one hour after vaccination;
• to ensure the correct drinking regime in the amount of 1-1.5 liters of water per day in order to flush out the toxins from the vaccine;
• after vaccination, one should not visit crowded places, do not stay in the scorching sun and beware of drafts.

Possible consequences of non-vaccination

Refusal of vaccinations threatens with possible serious illnesses throughout life. The child will be in contact with other children, attend children's institutions and mass events, and in the presence of the next carrier of the disease will certainly become infected himself. The consequences of diseases, which can only be saved with the help of vaccinations, are extremely difficult, even fatal. An unvaccinated baby in the event of illness will spread the disease and infect other members of its family. However, parents have the right to refuse vaccinations by signing the relevant documents in advance.