Vaccine Rant

So as you may remember from a previous post that I am not opposed to vaccines, I just want the "green" ones for my kids. So I decided to contact my current and previous pediatrician asking them if they used thermosal in their shots (specifically the MMR ones since I have not had his done...I thought I had, but when I checked in my records...oops...). Both said they did not special order. The current one I go to said theirs did in fact have Mercury in them, but they didn't think it was that big of a deal or posed that big of a threat, so they never special ordered any new ones and won't be doing so in the future. That completely appalled me that they would even think to say that to me or not do special orders. With all of the parents (and some professionals) believing Mercury may have caused problems in their kids, why should the rest of us risk it just to find out 10 years from now they were indeed right. I know the measles rate has gone up since many parents are afraid to vaccinate (or at least skip on the MMR), so you think that all doctors offices would start supplying their offices with them and even advertise that you can get them green. We wouldn't even be having to worry about the outbreaks if that happened. So I now have to find a new ped who special orders. Enough of my rant...