Things To Know Before Going For Your Next Vaccination All the talk going around lately about the vaccine leads to a lot of confusion, raising a lot of questions. We are living in a world of information overload. Whether one should go for the vaccine or not? Do different people have different reactions to it? Should you trust your physician blindly when asked to get vaccinated? Keep reading to find the answers. In this blog, Dr. Nisha Chellam, Founder and Internist at Holistic ICON in conversation with Dr. Cammy Benton, MD and Founder of Benton Integrative Primary Care, delves deeper into the volatile topic of Vaccinations in today’s day & age on topics like: Vaccine Reactions The Indoctrination of Physicians The Truth behind Vaccine Placebo Should we be mandated to take vaccines? Do vaccines prevent the transmission of the diseases?  Red Flags & what can be done about them? Informed Consent for Vaccine Understanding the reactions The Bottom Line  Let’s get into it!   Vaccine Reactions Different bodies have different reactions to vaccines. Some children go through a mitochondrial dysfunction when you immunize them; resulting in a reaction.  The best way to examine their reaction to the vaccine would be to studying the kids:  Nourishment: Were they breastfed or formula-fed? Environment: Were they in daycare or home care?  Influence: The habits of the mom. The immune response in every individual is very different. Some people get tenfold antibodies while others barely get any response.      The Indoctrination of Physicians Correlation does not mean causation, so why do we have such a visceral reaction when it comes to vaccines? That's because a judgment comes before listening to the facts. People themselves are confused about whether or not the vaccine is the way to go; the reasons behind this can be religious or dogmatic. We change our minds all the time based upon new data. We are thankful for science, but if that’s the only source of truth, it becomes dogma. Dogma is something you can't question without retaliation against your character, without societal pressure. While in reality, science is the ever-debate of how much you can observe.   The perspective isn't to dismiss the parents when they come inside reporting a vaccine reaction. Instead, physicians should look for patterns & study the risks that exist.   The Truth behind Vaccine Placebo In medicine, a truly inert substance called placebo is used in the study. This substance has no physiological effect on you.  On the other hand, vaccines are considered biologics. They have a different set of rules applied to them. Their placebos are either another vaccine, or they will have aluminum adjuvant solutions present in them to help them create a stronger immune response in people receiving the vaccine.  These aluminum adjuvants have certain proteins that are used as placebos. People or kids can be allergic to them; so how does one know that it’s not going to cause an activation against those proteins giving the same vaccine to all? Unfortunately, no one’s questioning this combination of aluminum adjuvants with these food proteins.  The idea that you are going to inject this aluminum adjuvant with this antigen and have a perfect immune-response isn’t always correct. In reality, some people under-respond, and some people over-respond, developing an autoimmune disease. So how can pediatricians or other healthcare service providers ensure safety when there are all sorts of activation with these solutions? While there have been studies for every vaccine, there need to be more studies about placebo. And how did that manage to have any scientific acceptance?    Should we be mandated to take vaccines? When we know that there’s going to cause issues, such as disability, skin infections or digestive problems, due to the vaccine reactions, the mandate should not exist. People should have a choice whether or not they want to get the vaccine, after getting well-educated about th