Good God!
Boombastic. 'Fantastic in bed'. Are you? Or do you mean bombastic? 😉

@sogdianrock there is plenty of evidence for vaccinations to satisfy an intelligent sceptic. Moronic adherence to a 'study' that that has been soundly refuted and discredited is not a 'honarable philosophical position.'

As for relying on others to give your children herd protection while reducing a largely made-up 'risk' to your children that doesn't hold up. Unimunnised children are exposed to diseases that can kill. It only takes the number of selfish parents to reach a certain threshold and herd immunity begins to fail.

hi Celine
Scepticism in and of the medical profession is a sensible starting point. Where this smoke there may well be fire and parents are concerned over multiple vaccinations. All I am saying if there is doubt the logical reaction is to not vaccinate until the herd immunity begins to fail. As you explain above. So that is not moronic.

Sure relying on others works fine for the selfish logical individual as long as not too many do it. At that point a new logic is created. Personally I would vaccinate but we are talking here of what others do and all I am saying is the parental care element of the equation is best recognised and perhaps the solution is individual vaccinations for those concerned. That is a matter of money of course.

I do find you posts interesting and of course you are right however often when such questions are obvious then it is necessary to explore further to find out why pesky people fail to do what is obvious. Telling people they are morons or balls out retards is funny but hardly going to win you an election.
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best wishes
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Ha true

Where there is smoke there may well be for fire' is a human reaction and should prompt anyone concerned to further research. The scientific evidence is favour of vaccinations is overwhelming. The initial 'study' stoking peoples fears (or smoke) has been proven to be fraudulent.

Herd immunity only offers a degree of protection- it is not absolute. It is considered to have failed only there is a widespread outbreak and that happens concurrently.

It does not make sense as a protective parent to allow your child to potentially die from a preventable disease to protect them from 'risks' -such as developing autism - that has been conclusively debunked both in demonstrating the fraud of the initial autism link study and consequent meta-analyses.

While there are some genuine risks to immunisation - such as serious adverse reaction - these are far rarer than the contraction rates for preventable diseases - all of which can lead to disability or death.

@Celine 20 lbs of the stuff in your large intestine!

maybe but I can make a free throw with my eyes closed if I try often enough. Anecdotal incidence doesn't support a theory... there may even be a repuglican in Berkeley if I look hard enough! :)

@Hoosierxdaddy62 Do I need to match this with voting data for you?


http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/01/13/peds.2014-2715

@Hoosierxdaddy62 The award for the most anti-vaccine state in the country goes to Oregon. This is not a surprise; the citizens of Portland are also afraid of fluoride. Thus, 4 of the 5 most anti-vaccine states are solid blue. (If Illinois is included, 5 of the 6 most anti-vaccine states are solid blue.) Including Illinois, 8 of the 12 most anti-vaccine states voted for Obama.

@SW-User Good luck trying to place me anywhere. And I stand by my point. I'd rather not take the mystery meat injections. A vaccine is a vaccine, a chemical concoction is a chemical concoction.

@Hicks A vaccine is a vaccine? I thought a vaccine wasn't a vaccine. Yes, and I'd rather not obey the speed limit and drink and drive. But, oh well.