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The "too many too soon" myth is just another strategy by these groups to target vaccinations. I'm all for extra scrutiny, but that scrutiny needs to be based in reality and facts, not soccer moms who talk about the evil big pharma people out to get their kids. Again, here is a very thorough article on the topic of vaccination schedules should you be inclined to get more information http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=289

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I am totally open minded about this topic, but I didn't find that article particularly convincing. The general point is that you are exposed to millions of harmful pathogens per year; a vaccination is just a few more, so .00000000000x% increase.

But, this is assuming that a vaccination is in no way different than normal pathogens, which I have no way of knowing.

I have heard both anecdotal, as well as confirmed (I am quite sure) cases of children dying within very close proximity to receiving certain vaccinations. I think I have heard of 3 Canadian (or was it US) girls getting sick and dying within days after receiving the new cervical cancer vaccination.

Now, maybe I can't prove that it was the vaccination that caused my daughter to die 3 days later, but sometimes recurring coincidences sometimes indicate something is happening outside our sphere of knowledge.

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