What amazes me is how "informed" people can be and still be naive.
It's like we ALL know how most big corporations work, the McDonald's, Comcast, Mercks of the world. It comes down to one thing and one thing only - profit. To get to that point they will cut corners and deceive and lie and cheat and undercut and do anything else they need to as long as they can get away with it. And this is particularly true of the pharmaceutical industry because the sciences behind it make it generally inaccessible to the public. But yet when somebody says, "well I don't trust vaccines, because there could be something harmful in them", everybody suddenly becomes the most pitiful, desperate girlfriend ever and says, "Oh no! They are perfectly safe, because they would NEVER do anything to hurt us. The people who make vaccines love us! And the Government said it was safe, so it must be safe". Like I just don't get it.
If a parent doesn't want to inject a form of mercury into their child then they should have that right. The thing I hate about the hive-mind mentality is that if someone says, "I don't like Apples" then everybody jumps to a conclusion and say, "Oh my God! Can you believe that! He said he doesn't like Fruit! Unbelievable!". When the person never said that. Not liking Apples does not mean not liking Fruit. Not fully trusting vaccines does not mean that the parent is completely careless about their child's healthcare. It simply means they might be hesitant about vaccines, or more specifically about what they put into them. People are so quick to judge or bash on anyone who says anything contrary to "I love vaccines, give me more and more", but I guarantee you that if you presented them a list of the potentially dangerous chemicals in a vaccines in a different context they would be the first to reject it.
Thimerosal is perfectly safe? Ok well someone please explain why there was a change in using them in infants? If it was perfectly fine, why waste money and time and research removing an ingredient?
And if anyone thinks that thimerosal use was reduced for any reason other than the obvious one, then they simply haven't been paying attention.
"The FDA reviewsExternal Web Site Icon the use of thimerosal in childhood vaccines and finds no evidence of harm, but as a precautionary measure, recommends removing thimerosal from vaccines routinely given to infants.
November 5. CDC states that vaccine manufacturers, FDA, and other agencies are working together to reduce the amount of thimerosal in vaccines, or to replace them with thimerosal-free vaccines, as soon as possible." (http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety//Concerns/thimerosal/thimerosal_timeline.html)