tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27050770.post7465013954853864713..comments2023-06-19T05:06:44.140-07:00Comments on Vaccine Awakening: NVIC Launches "Stand Up Be Counted Campaign" To Protect Voluntary Vaccination Decisions in AmericaBarbara Loe Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02404025666100094471noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27050770.post-6664921699674012692008-06-02T09:02:00.000-07:002008-06-02T09:02:00.000-07:00Just over six years ago I discovered the NVIC, and...Just over six years ago I discovered the NVIC, and I am so thankful I did. I could not believe that the organization had been established decades prior to my watching Barbara on CNN and yet I was unaware of its existence. By 2002 my three young children had been fully vaccinated and I believed that my youngest two had reacted severely. I stood alone in that belief but with time and another severe reaction much would change in my family. <BR/><BR/>My youngest suffered terribly after "thimerasol-free" DTaP and IPV and my husband would witness a reaction in his child for the first time. He is a physician and was always working during the worst of our problems, much the same way the pediatrician only saw my children for 5 to 10 minutes in the aftermath and long after the worse was over. As our baby struggled to breathe, covered in hives and with a look of fear in his eyes my husband cried, "I had no idea!"<BR/><BR/>Most people have no idea. They have no knowledge of the contents and their history. They don't know how vaccines are made. They have never read the product information. Often they have no idea what a reaction looks like or even that they themselves might have reacted. I was once one of those people who had no idea. Thankfully those days are behind me. I hope that many more people will investigate vaccines and make an informed decision. I am proud to to stand up and be counted.<BR/><BR/>Virginia Young<BR/>www.lettersinthesandbyvirginia.blogspot.comVirginia Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095749255433258313noreply@blogger.com