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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
Depending on the disease and the efficacy of the vaccine I am both. If the disease is almost always deadly and the vaccine is almost 100% effective in keeping people disease free then I am always for it. If the disease is not normally fatal and the vaccine is in the range of 20% effective then I am opposed to it. I was immunized as a child against smallpox and I have never had smallpox. I had the measles as a child and am now immune to it whereas my grandson was vaccinated for measles is not immune. There was a recent case reported in a local store. The sign on the store said that if you were of a certain age (had measles as a child and were immune) you could come in and do you shopping. If you were below said age and were vaccinated against the measles then it would be best not to enter the store since you would possibly/likely get the measles.