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OP, the best person to advise is your pediatrician. If they're pushy or patronising toward you, ask to speak with a different doctor. It's their duty to clarify the risks and benefits, and it's your duty to ask, so don't be shy. You're not imposing on them, this is an important part of their job.
No-one here knows your child's medical history, so they cannot properly advise.
You will be able to do some research yourself, but for anyone short of a 7 year stint in medical school - as you've already found - it's extremely difficult to make heads or tails of the scientific findings.
Three key principles will help you find reliable information:
1. The heirachy of evidence[1]
The most watertight evidence comes in the form of metastudies. You can find these on Google scholar, just search the name of the vaccine + metastudy. You can also search for 'long term observational study'.
1: https://images.app.goo.gl/cvraWRWpaLDYPiV1A
You will notice that 'anecdotal evidence' doesn't even make it onto the leaderboard. You will hear many people claiming that they or their children have been vaccine injured. Parents with sick children quite often blame vaccines, but please don't base your decisions on claims of any description that you cannot verify.
2. You will have been referred to a variety of sources. Before you read ANYTHING, ensure that the author is a **virologist, immunologist epidemiologist or a vaccinologist** ONLY.
Not a pediatrician (barring the one caring for your child directly). Not a cardiologist. Not an oncologist. Not a lawyer, a TV presenter, a journalist, a chiropractor, a politician or any other variety of self appointed armchair expert. If a court wouldn't consider the source a credible subject matter expert, neither should you.
3. Familiarise yourself with the statistical risks posed by foods and daily activities that you consider safe for your child, so that you have a benchmark for comparison.
If you apply these principles rigidly, you should avoid most scientific fraud. Sadly, there is an endless supply.
There's nothing here!