Why vaccinate?

[ailbhe]

I have to get this out or I will burst.

I vaccinate so that my children don't kill anyone. My children are strong enough to withstand most of the illnesses against which they have been vaccinated, lucky me. This is why I vaccinated - if they were weak, I might have thought twice.

Comments

[aphrodite]

The social responsibility thing is actually why I decided to vaccinate. I have several "woo" friends, who were urging me not to, and some vociferously mainstream friends who were arguing back the other way, so I read up, asked around, discussed, and concluded that we live in a society, we have a Duty Of Care to the other members of said society that trumps the minimal risk of insane reaction.