Truths about Vaccination, part IV
Myth: Children get too many vaccines – it’s dangerous to get so many.
Since vaccines work by stimulating
the immune system, they aren’t the same as a by weight dosed medication, such
as benydryl, which works by influencing biochemical pathways. It takes the same amount of exposure for any
individual to develop immunity, and more or less exposure doesn’t mean a different
outcome. For example, if I sneezed on a
baby and a teenager each once, they both could get sick. It doesn’t take one sneeze to make the baby
sick and five sneezes to make the teen sick.
One sneeze does it for both. Chemical
additives, as previously discussed, are dose specific, and are added in much
smaller quantities than is required for any kind of side effect.
Myth: The diseases we vaccinate against aren’t a threat anymore

Myth: Vaccines are a ploy to make doctors and pharmaceutical companies
rich
Vaccines are a very low cost method
of preventing disease. DTaP costs about
$20 for a 10 pack of immunizations, or $2/child. By contrast, hospitalization, which is
required in 50% of whopping cough cases (Pertussis, the P in DTaP), costs up to
$8000 a day. Hopsitalizations cost a lot
more than vaccinations, therefore earning the doctors more of a profit. Drug companies also make more from
hospitalizations, as these stays often require complex interventions, including
fluids, IV antibiotics and medical devices such as respirators. It’s in their best profit interest to not
vaccinate and get paid for hospitalizations.
Vaccines do not turn a large profit.
In fact, many areas require free vaccinations for children, so doctors
don’t make any money giving them.
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