Why do you say that “anecdotal stuff” isn’t evidence? The word “Anecdote” has it’s origins from French, or via modern Latin from Greek anekdota ‘things unpublished’, from an- ‘not’ + ekdotos, from edidonai ‘publish’.
So really it’s only issue is that it hasn’t been published – it’s things that people have actually witnessed, whereas this “evidence” you ask for is often a result of clever manipulation of statistics to meet the hypothesis of the researcher. And if that researcher is funded by a pharmaceutical company, do you think there may be some bias there?
I’m quite happy to provide links – I’d have to search for electronic versions on the internet because the graphs referenced are actually in a book we have written by Dr Archie Kalokerinos but here is a start for you – http://www.whale.to/vaccines/kalokerinos.html
Also remember that just because articles aren’t presented according to the expected “Scientific Method” does not make them inaccurate – simply a different way of presenting the information (often simpler and more straightforward).

Cheers

Helena

I really feel that parents vaccinate their children without knowing all the facts, if doctors encouraged parents to read about their choices in regards to vaccinations during pregnancy people would have a much better understanding of what it is their children are receiving. They would also be able to fully appreciate the impact of the choice they are making in vaccinating their children, which I feel is extremely important, as a parent, you need to be able to make choices you feel comfortable with due to being well informed.

As a Naturopath who has worked with one of the leading Paediatricians who deals with kids with autism I have experienced the turmoil parents go through when their children do suffer the downside of vaccination. I just wonder why parents do not question vaccinations to begin with? Why as a parent you would be willing to have your newborn injected with Hep B on the same day of their birth, when they have no immunity at all. I think people listen too strongly to their doctors advice and not their own instincts. Even if I hadn’t researched vaccine before giving birth there is no way I would have let someone stick a needle in to my newborn.

Parents should be encouraged to research their options, do many parents know that some of the vaccinations can be administered as a single vaccine rather than a triple vaccine, thereby reducing the amount of toxins being introduced to their infant – no, because doctors don’t offer this without being asked. If you feel strongly about vaccinating your child then parents need to research all their choices in this as well.

When Japan rose the minimum vaccination age to 2 years (in 1975), it jumped from 17th place to the country with the lowest infant mortality in the world. The mortality increased again 13 years later when the minimum age was lowered to 3 months. The US, where vaccination is mandatory for school entry, has an increasing infant mortality rate, which has been said to rival those of Third World Countries. It is now down to 41st or 46th place depending on which graph you read.

There are some good websites to look at and some good literature to read, parents just need to take advantage of it. I am also not an anti-vaccination advocate because I also feel people have the right to choose, but I absolutely feel that as parents we need to be able to make an imformed choice especially when it comes to our children, and I think we should be encouraged to do this.