You know what does make me laugh though, well, it would if it weren't so serious? Doctors train for years and years, scientists train for years and years. There is hundreds of years of scientific research into medications and the best way to fight things. Years ago tb was killing young, healthy children. Thanks to research and vaccines it's almost been eradicated. Without them, god knows what would have happened. Same goes with other life threatening illnesses. What scares me is that people that have next to no medical background are using doctor google, doing their "research" on sites that may not be entirely orthodox and coming to decisions that could have drastic consequences. I've done some reading into things, and my conclusion was that whilst I have a basic understanding of these things, I have very little medical knowledge. I put my trust into those who have trained and have a better understanding. I could read every piece of research under the sun, I still would not have adequate medical knowledge to fully interpret the findings. There is a reason the process to becoming a doctor/scientist/whatever is so long.
And where do you draw the line? It's all good and well saying that your child's healthy so doesn't need a vaccine as they won't have any problems. How do you know? Healthy people do die from things that can be vaccinated against, it's mr just sickly children. At any point in the future your child could be struck down with a disease that could make them more susceptible to things. At that point they may not be able to have the vaccine. If they then catch something off another child who hasn't been vaccinated, what would you think? Would you still be saying that the vaccines are a money making scam for the pharmaceutical companies, or would you live the rest of your life wondering how different life would have been if you had trusted the highly trained professionals who recommended the vaccines?
You never, ever know what the future holds.
