twinboysmom
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- May 26, 2010
I have been trying not to get into this debate much. I will say this for those reading that maybe haven't picked a "side". I have been an RN for 14 years. I have spent many years in the ER and a good bit in critical care areas. I have had the unfortunate experience to see a previously healthy infant die from complications of chicken pox. It wasn't pretty people. It is a memory that I can never get rid of. I have never, and I mean never, taken care of a child that had a serious complication from a vaccine. I have seen children sick from measles who were not vaccinated and traveled overseas. Not something I would wish on any child. Since this thread has been around a while, I asked nurses that have been around for longer than I have. Not one could remember taking care of a child that had a serious reaction to a vaccine either. My point is that these so called life threatening complications from vaccines are extremely rare and no where near what the anti vax people try to make others believe.