I'm coming out...

Less than a year ago, my husband called me extremely concerned because his co-worker had been filling his head with vaccines causing harm. I understood his concerns as a new father. After all, when you become a parent, your whole life is consumed by those children. What is best for them? Whats not? Do I breast feed? Formula feed? Circumcise? Vaccinate? Everything is a debate in today's society; everyone has differed opinions. I'd say one of the most popular debates now-a-days is whether or not to vaccinate. Today I read an article by JJ Keith called "I'm coming out". You can read the article by clicking on the title. Everyone is so concerned about what vaccinating will or will not do to their own child. As am I. Our minds are filled with theories that they causes autism and other disorders. That it is more harmful to your child, then it is helpful. Which for some children it may be. But like JJ Keith said in her article, because you don't vaccinate your child, you are putting every other child at risk. Diseases that these vaccines are made to prevent are popping up all over the place. Because more and more children aren't vaccinated, it makes vaccines less and less effective. So while you are sitting there thinking of just your child and how they can harm your child, imagine what not vaccinating does. It not only harms your child, but puts every child that your child is around at risk.

I am not writing this to tell you to vaccinate, however I am sharing this article with you to open up your mind a little bit. Everything is either going to cause cancer, kill you, or make you sick. Walking down the street you run the risk of being injured or killed. My point is, no matter what, you cant do anything to completely guaranteed tomorrow. Your cards were dealt way before you could figure them out. God doesn't give you more than you can handle, you just have to accept that.

I just wanted to share with you some statistic about the rate of parents vaccinating their children in Colorado alone. Colorado is where my family and I were born and raised. According the Denver Post, in 2011 Colorado ranked second for have the most vaccination refusals. This puts those of us in Colorado that do vaccinate themselves and their children at risk. There should be at least 80% of children vaccinated in order for them to be effective. According to this website, only 71% of Colorado's population is vaccinated. This is concerning.

Do your research.