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10/22/2015

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1) Do any of these myths surprise you? Why or why not?

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Natalie Lombard

4/20/2018 05:07:58 pm

None of these myths were new to me since I am pretty aware of all the vaccines working in childcare.

Eilonwy Shugars

4/21/2018 10:28:48 pm

I was suprised by the SIDS connection to vaccines, though it makes sense considering the fact that the first year of life is when a lot of the vaccines are given out.

Manolita

4/22/2018 05:53:24 pm

No, it does not surprise me. I have heard them but don't believe in them

Laura Dyer

4/23/2018 08:58:10 pm

Yes , I've never heard of some of these myths before, so yes I was surprised by some. Like vaccines may cause sids. If this one had any truth I would of most certainly heard of it. Also small traces of aluminum. Never heard of this in a vaccines. Now I know. There's just no getting away from all aluminum.

Deanne

4/28/2018 05:20:54 pm

Yes, it was surprising to see the myths all together. Each family that has chose to not receive a particular vaccine always has their reasoning. I liked seeing the myth resolved. I also never had heard about the SIDS myth, very interesting.

Natalia Samford

4/28/2018 08:55:38 pm

They dont surprise me

zahra ghorbanian

6/8/2018 07:49:27 pm

not at all i knew that already and belive it

Patty

6/11/2018 05:27:53 pm

No these myths do not surprise me.

Najmiyeh navidi

6/14/2018 03:07:35 pm

I have not heard the myth of SIDS or the febrile seizures.

Eliza Paul

7/21/2018 08:17:48 am

I was surprised with the aluminium myth, SIDS myth, and autism myth. It is nice to know about all the myth and have a clear idea of vaccination.

Sara Tebeau

7/27/2018 01:26:37 pm

What surprises me is that people believe these myths after so much research has been done to disprove them.

Kalindi

8/17/2018 10:54:13 am

Yes, Myth that , Doctors give so many vaccines.
Because I also believe in this myth but after reading this information I cleared my mind .

Kim

8/27/2018 11:46:19 am

No, These myths do not surprise me. I have heard them all before from the media, co-workers, and friends. I am surprised that they are still a fear of many parents for their children. Remember, Knowledge is power when making a decision.

Cortney Nelson

8/30/2018 09:30:52 am

No i have heard them all

sally

9/8/2018 10:32:38 pm

No they do surprise me. All my children are vaccinated and I believe in vaccination.

Laura Mullen

9/16/2018 04:26:40 pm

Not surprising. People have their own opinions...

Gia D Parsons

9/29/2018 05:16:33 pm

These myths are like fake news. If non-vax parents lived in a 3rd world countries, there would be no choice. Their child will get very sick or die.

Paige

10/3/2018 07:06:42 pm

No none of these myths surprise me. I believe disease is an unfortunate part of society and there is no one major cause. And I trust the doctors that regulate the vaccines and how much.

Carolyn Marlin

10/8/2018 02:23:54 pm

Doesn't surprise me in the least. People will believe anything that is printed in some situations. What they don't take into consideration is paper doesn't refuse ink. You can write anything, doesn't make it factual.

Leeann Ward

10/10/2018 11:20:58 am

People believe the internet and friends more than their own Doctor. It is sad. And people die because of it.

Jayme

10/12/2018 01:58:58 pm

I am not surprised by any of these myths because I have worked in childcare for many years, and I have seen the trends in vaccination rates rise and fall with popularity of these various myths.

Lynn

10/14/2018 08:35:16 pm

I am not surprised. People get easily influenced with social media, and hear one negative thing about vaccines and they will be against it. Instead of doing what is better for the masses, they worry about one thing they may have heard instead of researching or speaking with their doctor.

Fartun Yusuf

10/17/2018 05:38:50 am

i am no surprised at all as a human being we are different and our body is different i believe vaccines private disease and it comes with is own problems or side effect and other thing with SID I never heard vaccine is the cause of sid you learn something new everyday

Matthew Dickman

10/18/2018 11:21:56 pm

I have heard all these myths before and I have never thought them to be true but it is reassuring to know that they are false.

McKenna Fietz

10/24/2018 01:00:53 pm

I have heard of all of these myths before and none of them surprise me. My brother is autistic and when we heard that vaccinations might be the cause of his autism we were all very upset. However, since the original article and study came out there has been multiple people to disprove the theory.

Krystle moore

10/28/2018 11:44:11 am

Yes I am surprised by a couple of them just because I have never heard of them before.

Chantel

10/30/2018 06:18:41 am

No I was not surprised by any of these myths, I have learned about it before in nursing school.

Ametezion Wersi

10/31/2018 11:30:23 pm

The myth that vaccines have a lot of aluminium and that it can be a cause of SIDS were surprising to me. I think they are interesting because I am aware that they go through many CDA and other federal tests before they go on the market to ensure safety. If they have been around so long and have cause such drastic issues, I am sure they would have discontinued them.

Rosalie

11/17/2018 09:01:34 pm

I am not surprised about these myths. They have been in the news as supported theories and it scares people.

Ryan

11/18/2018 10:48:45 pm

I have heard these statements before. Many people believe that immunizations are harmful. These statements are not surprising.

Becky Braswell

11/25/2018 08:35:33 am

No none of this is surprising to me it is become quite the conversation between parents

Thushari Wasanthika

11/26/2018 10:37:19 am

I did not surprised. but some of the myths i did not here before. even-thought some people believe that vaccinations are harmful.but nowaday every one gets vaccine and don't believe about myths.

Andrey Leonov

11/26/2018 04:30:57 pm

I was not surprised

Anna Vosk

11/27/2018 11:28:07 am

No I'm not surprised, as I have been part of these discussions with parents increasingly more in recent years.

vicki719@aol.com

11/29/2018 06:52:03 pm

Many people believe this to be true, even my own daughter. so I am not surprised,, but I do believe that the medical society would not risk being causual with our countries welfare.,

lori

11/29/2018 06:52:33 pm

these myths do not surprise me, I have heard these myths, even from my own children!The pros out weigh the myths and I have successfully convinced my child on most of the vaccinations, for my grandchildren

Lynnora Davis

12/1/2018 12:53:25 pm

None of these are surprising to me as I have heard many of these myths from my peers, social media, as well as the news.

sandra L wright

12/2/2018 11:19:58 am

myths do not surprise me many people a skeptical of vaccines

Sue clark

12/5/2018 03:44:25 pm

Yes the myth about sids does surprise me. Everyone has their own option.

Angeline Callan

12/7/2018 01:45:04 pm

These myths come to no surprise.

shelly N storm

12/13/2018 01:49:07 pm

Yes the myth about sids surprises me.

Jill

12/14/2018 01:11:39 pm

The myths do not surprise me. I have heard them discussed before.

Domeg Moore

12/16/2018 10:50:19 am

I have heard majority of the myths before, but I was surprised by the SIDS myth because I haven't heard that one before.

Elaine

12/16/2018 12:27:53 pm

I'm not surprised at all by any of the myths.

Phyllis O

12/18/2018 04:26:26 pm

None of the myths came as a surprise since I am well-versed in vaccinations.

Patti Zahnow

12/21/2018 02:19:52 pm

No, I've never really paid attention to them. I trusted my doctor.

Christina Pflugrath

12/24/2018 04:49:18 pm

None of the myths surprised me. I have done research on my own and came to the information to discredit the myths.

Avery roosa

12/24/2018 09:22:20 pm

None of them surprised me personally. People can have their own opinions

Smitha Azariah

12/25/2018 07:29:21 pm

I have heard about some of these Myths, but the one that was new to me was the presence on aluminum.

I think Vaccines are very important to protect our children and our society from some of the horrendous diseases that these vaccines are supposed to protect us from.

Kassia

12/26/2018 12:32:40 pm

The only one I haven’t heard before is that they can cause SIDS, but in all the training and information I’ve learned about SIDS, I know that’s not true.
I think often parents that are against vaccines will grasp at any straws to help defend their decision.

Kimberly

12/26/2018 04:10:39 pm

None of them surprised me as there is so much misinformation out there designed to frighten parents. It is the first time I heard the SIDS myth, but I am not surprised by it.

Katie Noller

12/27/2018 10:34:26 am

No that doesn’t surprise me because I don’t believe myths at all.

LeeAnn Mell

12/27/2018 10:38:25 am

Being a center that requires vaccines or vaccine exemptions I have heard all of these "myths" and more so I was not surprised at them. I think that while there is obvious value in vaccination (my own children are vaccinated) I don't believe it is our place to tell parents how to raise their children. In order to get the vaccine exemption in our state they must go through a process of education from their pediatricians. And offering education on the topic is all that we can do. We must honor their legal right to refuse even if we don't agree.

Kelly

12/28/2018 01:14:24 pm

Not really surprised,people believe in something sometimes because it was on the internet and they dont fact check

Janice Pedersen

12/28/2018 01:56:58 pm

I also don't believe that we can come to the conclusion that there are zero side effects from every vaccine. Only time and more research will give us more facts and information that may not be known today

holly

12/28/2018 03:38:01 pm

sids......that is the first time i have heard of that myth. the fact that these moms don't fact check surprises me as well

Jeanne F

12/28/2018 06:57:09 pm

No it doesn’t surprise me. Sometimes there is too much information available on the internet and much of it is incorrect. New parents want the best for their children and are only trying to protect them, it doesn’t take much for them to become afraid of vaccines based on false information .

Andrey Leonov

12/29/2018 11:22:19 am

the "myth" that surprised me was the traumatic one and how it explained "kids don't enjoy vaccines but they aren't traumatic about them" i disagree because a lot of kids are traumatic about vaccines because they hurt for them.

charlene

12/29/2018 11:52:20 am

I had discussed these myths with many parents before so none of them really surprised me

sana

12/29/2018 10:50:14 pm

Some people told me those myths when I had my first child.
I believed in their comments at that time but I learned more about vaccines years later from some doctors.

Pam link

12/30/2018 11:34:08 am

Yes I was surprised about the myth concerning Autism. It seems like so many people are talking about vaccines and the link to autism. It’s nice to have that cleared up.

Merritt Hanley

12/30/2018 07:43:12 pm

The myths do not surprise me, but it does surprise me that people believe them. It is surprising that people still believe these things about vaccines despite all of the research done to prove them false.

Esther Faris

12/30/2018 11:30:52 pm

I was surprised about how many myths there were. I had only heard the one about autism which never sounded valid to me. The one about trauma struck a cord with me, though- my daughter happens to be traumatized by needles and we have had to really work at making vaccinations happen. It's quite a terrible thing. But she is getting old enough to really understand the explanation about why we have them and she is stronger now than she used to be about it. It is true and we have used it in our education to her that the trauma of getting polio or of her contracting the flu and passing it on to all of her friends and their families...the strife that it causes in the wake of passing the illness around...is worse than the temporary trauma of receiving a shot. I wish there was more understanding in the medical field about how these moments are handled- we have had such a hard time getting support. There should be more education for young children as well as more understanding and patience in the nursing field. Just because nurses and doctors don't mind getting shots and think it "doesn't hurt" it doesn't mean all children feel the same way and will just "buck up and be strong about it". Some kids have sensory issues or past traumas that make that approach terribly wrong.

Rosa Meza

12/31/2018 08:59:17 am

No I have heard of all these already

rachel

12/31/2018 02:14:28 pm

One of my friends told me that a vaccine gave their child a seizure, and thats why they didn't like getting their kids vaccinated. I was shocked that a vaccine would cause a seizure? in a way it didnt seem quite right and I didnt want to pry. But I did learn that some vaccines give a child a fever and the fever is what results in a seizure. But you can still get a high fever if you just have the flu or an ear infection which can result in. seizure

Yan Sun

12/31/2018 10:24:09 pm

I'm not surprised by such myths because I've been exposed to them during previous trainings. I've also learned scientific evidence combating such claims and do not believe such myths are credible.

Brittany Zeman

1/10/2019 08:33:37 pm

I am not surprised, I researched vaccinesa excessively while I was pregnant.

Tazara Wachendorf

2/1/2019 09:54:14 am

I am not surprised by any of the myths because I have done research on them before in a course I took, and also I did research on them when I was getting my child vaccinated.

Maeghan

2/1/2019 01:45:18 pm

No, these myths do not surprise me as I have been in the field and have taken a few trainings on this topic.

Ghida

2/11/2019 09:06:40 pm

They don't surprise me at all, I have done a lot of research before.

Allison

4/3/2019 02:25:31 pm

Out of all of the examples given I was most surprised by the autism information. This "Truth" is everywhere and it's causing parents to make unhealthy choices for their children based on misinformation that is still everywhere in our society. I have heard people say the information was false but it is still advertised otherwise in certain forums.

Malissa spradlin

4/4/2019 02:19:21 pm

No the debunking doesn’t surprise me . My I vaccinate

Charity R Bettelyoun

8/3/2019 02:27:41 pm

Most of the Myths don't surprise me, the one about aluminum did. I didn't know there was any in vaccinations. As far as the one about vaccinations being traumatic, the vaccines themselves are not traumatic but how the nurse or doctor presents them to the child

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