Sunday, July 27, 2008

Letter from Anthem

We recently received a letter from the clinical operations department with Anthem insurance. We have 3 children under 3 so we get lots of letters from the health insurance company. We recently started getting Chiropractic care (see blog post) so we have been getting our fair share of statements and correspondence. Amidst all the normal mail came a letter with a different topic. It was a letter bringing to our attention that we were behind on Samuel's immunizations. We have declined them for the past several months due to our concerns about the vaccinations. With hyper activity, ADHD, and Autism problems more prevalent than ever and no ideas of causes, we are taking a new look at immunizations. When I was child 32 years ago, we received 4-5 immunizations from what I recall. Today kids receive between 45 and 75 vaccines. I personally think it is big business and that we really don't know how all the ingredients affect us.

So where is the risk the biggest-not being vaccinated or being vaccinated and dealing with the unknown side affects?

Food for thought.

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