Pinning Mother Against Mother ... Again

That is what most debates boil down to, isn't it? Has anyone else noticed this?

This whole vaccine debacle is blowing up. I have read so many opinions on this debate and I find myself agreeing a little with both sides.

There is one thing I don't agree with though. I cannot stand how this has turned into a mother against mother bash.

It is the whole breast versus formula, cloth versus disposable, stay at home mom versus working mom debate again and again.

I was just thinking about the vaccine companies. The CEOs/Presidents of those companies are banking some big bucks from these vaccines. Why is no one talking about them? Why is no one asking what they can do? Why does no one question how these studies were paid for, who gains from giving these vaccines, who makes sure all these vaccines are safe?

Maybe the CEOs are sitting up in their vacation home laughing at how they get to hide behind the screen again while mothers all over bash each other.

Who knows.

Maybe they don't even vaccinate their child. Maybe they do.

Maybe they hear all the commotion about the safety of their vaccines and they don't care.

Maybe they really are good guys who really just wanted to make a safe vaccine to help the world.

Maybe they are just money hungry and not making sure they are taking every safety measure possible.

Maybe they are enjoying the fact that they are not held liable for vaccine injuries.

Maybe they actually feel bad for vaccine injuries and are trying their best to help.

Either way, I whole heartedly believe that we should be looking towards the vaccine companies and holding them accountable. I am all for modern medicine to help. I am not entirely convinced that vaccines alone caused the decline in diseases.  The only way to prove that without a doubt would be to go back and have a controlled study of people who did not get the vaccine as medicine evolved and we learned of clean and sterile conditions.

It is just a smoke screen. If we can get the mothers around the country to bash each other, blame each other, and try to convince laws to be made to punish the mother who is choosing wrong, then we won't think to look at the money trail, the actual product we are bashing each other over.

The other thing that comes to mind when discussing this is that medical advice has changed drastically over the years. We were told to put our babies to sleep on their tummy, then their back. Cigarettes were thought to be harmless.  Diet advice has changed drastically over the years. Cough medicine used to be given to young kids and is now discouraged. Things change. Medical data changes with the times.

I am not great with words here. I am hoping that my thoughts will be understood and taken into consideration. All the mothers I know, ones who vaccinate and ones who don't, love their kids unconditionally. They would die for their child. They would do whatever it took to keep their child safe. I can't fault a person for doing the best for their child. I can only show love and compassion and keep on researching what is best.