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Many families trust their doctors and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) when they decide to vaccinate their children. Parents generally spend more time researching a new car or appliance to buy than they do researching the shots that their children are given. There are many parents that have a similar experience to this one; Barbara Loe Fisher wrote of her child’s reaction to his DTP shot at 2 ½ years.
“Chris, was a lively, contented baby who always wanted to be around people and always seemed to be doing things ahead of schedule. He had begun saying words at seven months …The day of his fourth DPT and OPV shots, when he was two and a half, Chris was healthy … Several hours after we got home Chris was sitting in a rocking chair staring straight ahead his face was white and his lips were slightly blue. … In the following days and weeks, Chris deteriorated. He no longer knew his alphabet or numbers, and couldn’t identify the cards he once knew so well. He......

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