Should We Vaccinate Our Children, Especially Premature Babies?

Reviewing vaccine research can be overwhelming if not daunting for parents when they are trying to make the right decision for their newborn babies, especially when the children or child is premature or of very low birth weight.

In this video, Dr. Dale reviews just some of the research and information he feels parents should be given when deciding whether to vaccinate.

Resources / References:

Malnutrition: The Leading Cause of Immune Deficiency Diseases Worldwide

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/33803361/malnutrition-the-leading-cause-of-immune-deficiency-diseases-

Zinc, diarrhea, and pneumonia

https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(99)70080-6/fulltext

Adverse Events After Routine Immunization of Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26030302

Efficacy of 23-valent pneumococcal vaccine in preventing pneumonia and improving survival in nursing home residents: double blind, randomised and placebo controlled trial.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20211953

Acellular pertussis vaccines protect against disease but fail to prevent infection and transmission in a nonhuman primate model.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24277828

Early diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination associated with higher female mortality and no difference in male mortality in a cohort of low birthweight children: an observational study within a randomised trial

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409557/

A Population-Based Cohort Study of Undervaccination in 8 Managed Care Organizations Across the United States

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23338829

Pilot comparative study on the health of vaccinated and unvaccinated 6- to 12-year-old U.S. children

http://www.oatext.com/Pilot-comparative-study-on-the-health-of-vaccinated-and-unvaccinated-6-to-12-year-old-U-S-children.php

Relative trends in hospitalizations and mortality among infants by the number of vaccine doses and age, based on the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), 1990–2010

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0960327112440111

Simultaneous sudden infant death syndrome

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17654772

Simultaneous sudden infant death syndrome: a case report.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11444658

The role of nutrition in viral disease

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955286396001325

Malnutrition as an underlying cause of childhood deaths associated with infectious diseases in developing countries

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11100616

Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22336803

Vaccines are not associated with autism: an evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies.