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.

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[the-changeling.livejournal.com]

Exactly. You immunise the strong and healthy ones, to protect the weak. Some children cannot be vaccinated, therefore you vaccinate your own, in order to protect those children.

I wrote this on DW, and it told me it neede email address and stuff. I'm not up for that level of complication on a comment...

[feetnotes.livejournal.com]

and to get "herd immunity" for all kids - which the tabloid scare-mongers've succeeded in destroying in some parts of the uk; but hey, that's ok, isn't it - it sells more of that truly fine merkin, rupert the dirty digger's (and others') tabloids, so it must be good...

see ben goldacre's "bad science" columns...