Childhood immunization guidelines once considered a godsend of protection against all-to-common childhood death, these days might be considered an annoyance they’ve become so commonplace.
Polio, heart disease, Rubella, chickenpox, meningitis… all caused death in addition to misery. Almost every family had a child die in childhood.
I’ve written about immunizations many times, as this series of articles displays. The last article gives a synopsis of the CDC and other official entities who make the guidelines; so you can get them direct, skipping the middlemen, and avoid all the out of date “klinker” websites on the interned (they never erase any outdated stuff).
6 Posts in "Immunization Schedule" Series
- Childhood Immunization Schedule Updates: Intro/Index – 1 Feb 2013
Childhood Immunization Guidelines: Intro/Index
- 2013 Immunization Guidelines – 2 Feb 2013
Latest and updated childhood immunization guidelines for 2013
- Birth to Eighteen – 25 Oct 2013
Link to the US government website for immunization recommendations: birth to 18
- 2014 Immunization Schedule – 14 Feb 2014
Explanations and updated immunization schedule for 2014
- Immunization Links in a nutshell – 16 Jul 2015
Updates to immunization schedules based on new research has left "clinker" articles all over the internet (nothing ever gets erased) giving LOTS of outdated and mis-information. Here are direct links to the decision makers who publish updated information all the time -> go to these sites directly, avoid the middle man!
- CDC Disease specific immunization recommendations (printable) – 20 Mar 2023
This is a lengthy list of the CDCs immunization recommendations for most immunize-able diseases. DIRECT links to their printable handouts so you don't need to hunt for them.
Speaking of immunizations, and all the posts I’ve written, if you’re interested in immunization safety information there’s a series about that too beginning with a out-and-out fraud case and loss of medical license.
My generations medical issues that kept us humble often, if not usually, had to do with death and dismemberment due to disease. The issues plaquing today’s parents and physicians seem to have to do with name-calling and sex.
Each generation has its issues, that’s understandable. The viral and bacterial illnesses we spent conquering produced a world whose impediments and trials have different rates and therefore priorities. I get it.
But, it just seems to me that a SMART generation would build upwards on what we had already done, NOT start all over and pretend our issues just didn’t exist.
The vaccine-hater cottage industry has really done a number on society… actually, the whole world. MILLIONS of man-hours have been spent, over-and-above the draconian amount already required to market a product in the US, on proving fictitious claims were wrong.
BUT, GOOD NEWS, they have; and we can now move on… right? This series on Vaccine Safety cronicles the struggle.
12 Posts in "Immunizations" Series
- Immunization Safety Series: Intro/Index – 28 Jan 2012
A chronicle of our struggle to get out of the mess we've been in trying to understand immunizations.
- Wakefield Immunization Fraud – 29 Jan 2013
Pure and Simple: It's a FRAUD. Anti-vaccine claims by ANDREW WAKEFIELD have been proven unequivocally to be deliberately fraudulent for fame and money! Not just a little, or accidental, a deliberate and deceitful act which not only cost him his money and fame but his MEDICAL LICENSE as well! (He IS INfamous.)
- Immunization Safety Research – 30 Jan 2013
Is immunizing our children against "those old diseases" still relevant today? Yes, it is! Modern medicine has taken from us the daily fear of our children dying for so long, it's wonderful that we can even ask that question. YES, it is!
- Autism and Immunization Link Debunked... Again – 30 Mar 2013
In addition to hundreds of studies in the wake of Andrew Wakefiel's deliberate fraud about immunizations and autism—yet another1000 children study reveals that the number of vaccines administered to children, either in one day OR in the total first two years of life, HAS NO BEARING ON AUTISM RISK!
- Measles Outbreak in unvaccinated – 18 May 2014
There is a death toll associated with the anti-vaccination philosophy! Measles again beginning to attack US children, cased reported to CDC up 200% last year.
- Decision not to immunize nearly killed their son – 11 Jun 2015
Parent's decision not to immunize nearly killed their son, parent's now advocates for immunizations.
- Return of Measles Disease – 22 Jun 2015
The mis-information about immunizations is leading to the return of Measles in the US and around the world.
- Vaccine-preventable diseases coming back – 30 Apr 2017
Preventable diseases are coming back. Cases of measles, mumps, polio, rubella (German Measles), whooping cough, chickenpox, cholera, diphtheria, meningitis, rotavirus and typhoid are up.
- Immunization v. Vaccination: How we got in this mess – 27 May 2017
A cottage industry of vaccine-haters: A Story of Gullibility, Fear, Despicable Avarice and Scams—along with death, disability and suffering.
- Immunization v. Vaccination: Vaccine-Hater Cottage Industry – 31 May 2017
Vaccine Haters cottage industry purported fears: the REAL facts.
- 10 reasons parents choose not to immunize – 6 Jun 2017
Parents' vaccine fears—analyzed and discussed rationally.
- The vaccine strategy (video) – 20 Jun 2017
What the vaccine-haters (anti-vaxers) don't want you to know. Although about 30 once feared diseases have been controlled by immunizations, many others still elude us like HIV, Malaria and to a large extent Influenza. We are closer now than ever to understanding how to control those diseases… here is what we know!
Some baseball seasons past I followed the little league “career” of a neighborhood youngster by attending almost all of his games.
As I became familiar with his style of play, his teammates, and coaches I became fond of him and I found myself happy when his team won, saddened when they lost, but overall anxious to see that he gained from every game.
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Ask even the most novice little league sports participant and he will tell you that you are supposed to “warm up” before a game or practice.
When asked why that is necessary, studies have shown that even many college-age athletes are Read more→
I should like to tell you today about a better use for the slogan “you’ve come a long way baby” than was previously expressed in an advertising campaign.
Many don’t realize that it has only been 30 – 50 years ago that very literally every family had one or two children die in infancy; and nearly everyone knew of (more…)
What would you say is the most common thing that a doctor does? You guessed it – a physical examination. And yet this one procedure has less standardization between doctors than almost anything else in medicine.
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They’ve turned the school bells back on and children are coming in for football sports physicals.
Football has been called the most deadly of all childhood sports. It really shouldn’t be much of a suprise when you consider what really goes on on the field.
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Increasing numbers of children are participating in organized distance running – jogging. Some ambitious parents have sought to enter their children in adult type marathon races and there is even an occasional child who can “succeed” in this type of activity.
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Just ask anybody. With all the gadgets and technology we have now, most children are saved in emergencies, right? All the television shows prove it, right? Now days, just call 911 and paramedics save most children… right?
WRONG! It is true that, for adults, the EMS system has dramatically improved survival; but, for children the survival rates in out-of-hospital cardio-pulmonaryarrest are abysmal. (more…)
When I speak at a prenatal childbirth class, I usually talk about "little things."
The things which sometimes seem insignificant, but which in reality really do make a great deal of difference.
Things like: fluoride drops, car seats, feeding the right foods, etc.
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The first time a physician is faced with an unconscious patient of unknown cause, he becomes “sold” on the idea of Med Alert bracelets.
For years, most of us have encouraged diabetic patients to wear these type of bracelets or carry an I.D. card in their wallet.
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Recently there has been developed a new technique of dental care which, if proves successful, may totally change dental practice.
Several different contributing factors to cavities have been known for some time; but, (more…)
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