How Safe Are Vaccines?
This is probably the one area of parenting where I just have no clue. Amelia is up to date on all her vaccinations, and honestly, while I am nervous about each one, I've never been so freaked out that she doesn't get it.
I read pro- and anti-vaccine literature with a grain of salt. I have experience working in a field that is highly controversial, so I have learned to recognize that each side will present their case with unflinching (most of the time) logic and fact, meant to support their conclusions. And I have learned that the truth is usually located somewhere in the middle. However, arguments I learned to recognize and respond to were always in the hypothetical...When I came up with talking points about why making EC available over the counter was good, and why arguments arguing against it were specious or incorrect, I knew my facts. I trusted my information, and I had science to back it up.
But this is my child. This is her health and her life. And I guess there's just enough out there to scare the hell out of me and make me think "what if?". I have no answers, and I don't really know who I can trust. Wow. What fun.
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