The Fear of Illness

There has been much attention being paid as of late to the H1N1 situation.  I was not going to get involved but feel that maybe I need to have my say and then leave it at that.  On the cover of this mornings paper is a large story about a young boy that died of this flu.  The media has done a great job at creating worry and panic and the vaccine that is coming and for many is available will be the all time cure and tool needed to prevent you and your family from becoming ill.  I find this hard to believe.

Here at our house there is no vaccinations of any kind.  Our first child was very ill as a result of early vaccination and we have not done so since.  We did our research and are not comfortable with injecting our children with diseases that bi-pass all the natural barriers that the body that has created.   We believe that it is a better solution to create bodies that are strong and healthy and ready to fight anything when they may or may not get sick.  Vaccines give us a false sense of security about our bodies and lead us to believe that we are protected.  If vaccines are so great, then why are people still getting ill with illnesses that people are being vaccinated for?  Who is benefitting from them...us or the companies that make them.

Would we all be this scared if there wasn't the label of "H1N1"?  It is flu season as we are all generally ill at this time of year.  It is the coming inside, not enough light, recycled air and being around people more instead of the wide open space of nature.

There is illness here at our home, but we are caring for each other.  Taking lots of time to let our bodies heal and getting lots of fresh air.  Being confident that if we let them our bodies can heal themselves.