Brazil and Mexico, really? In both countries, this may be an article pro-breastfeeding, but not necessarily against the rotavirus vaccine. Do you have anything along these lines from the US or Western Europe?
So I think, in combination between the studies in South and Middle America and in Europe, it is pretty clear that breastfeeding totally kicks rotavirus' a@@, however, this only extends as long as you breastfeed and is not very good if you supplement. I would probably not vaccinate a new baby against rotavirus, but I have gotten my a@@ whopped by breastfeeding pro-vaccine friends whose babies (pre-vaccine) had bad rotavirus cases. Risk reduction (~90%) is about the same with breastfeeding or vaccine, but vaccine protection may last longer (and the older the child when they get rotavirus the "easier" it is manageable).
If he was my husband, I would be asking him to provide scientific proof that vaccines are safe.
But I will post the studies I find as I come across them...
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Brazil and Mexico, really? In both countries, this may be an article pro-breastfeeding, but not necessarily against the rotavirus vaccine. Do you have anything along these lines from the US or Western Europe?
I will keep looking, I know there have been a ton of studies, but I don't have a lot of time to look.
I did start looking on the sites against vaccines, but I wanted to find something less biased.
~*~ Catherine - CL of the Breastmilk vs. Formula Debate Board
I was a bit disingenuous - there is a paper from the UK http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11293683 (but see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9363419)
So I think, in combination between the studies in South and Middle America and in Europe, it is pretty clear that breastfeeding totally kicks rotavirus' a@@, however, this only extends as long as you breastfeed and is not very good if you supplement. I would probably not vaccinate a new baby against rotavirus, but I have gotten my a@@ whopped by breastfeeding pro-vaccine friends whose babies (pre-vaccine) had bad rotavirus cases. Risk reduction (~90%) is about the same with breastfeeding or vaccine, but vaccine protection may last longer (and the older the child when they get rotavirus the "easier" it is manageable).
Hi Teresa! I was curious if your other kids are vaccinated and why this issue is coming up now. I'm just being nosy :)
Are there particular vaccinations that you are more concerned about, or is it all of them?
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Check this video out, this girl came down with some wild disorder after getting vaccines. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URHhyP4lmQ4
that is not vaccine injury - see for example here: