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Here's my opinion and I have many years of experience in the medical-legal aspects of SAEs (serious adverse events) in vaccines, diagnostics and drugs including chemotherapeutics.
You are entitled to yours, but it would be refreshing if they were based on peer-reviewed scientific studies and not Jenny McCarthyisms. I appreciate a good argument. I am paid to construct good ones and to deconstruct bad ones (even good ones), but we have to be on the same playing field or it won't work. It's like arguing space flight with flat-earthers.
The majority of vaccines work, are safe and the data is not faked.
And that's not from BigPharma findings, but backed up by investigative studies with data gleaned over decades from independent universities-medical/public health schools from around the world.
How do you think smallpox was eradicated from most of the world ? By anti-vaxxer mentality ?
The outbreaks of diseases that shouldn't be happening are occurring because of the anti-vaxxers mantra of "don't vaccinate your kids, it's evil and will harm your child". That's what's dangerous and the kids will suffer needlessly because of it.
It's not necessary and is causing REAL problems.
There are vaccinations that really are lifesaving and disease/disability preventing such as polio, tetanus, Hep A & B, diphtheria, rubella, rubeola, varicella, meningitis even Rabies & Japanese Enchephalitis when needed. Gardisil/HPV is still being studied and the jury is still out on this one.
Because of this, the misinformed antivaxxers are lumping it with ALL vaccinations and chasing shadows even with vital vaccinations.
Please view each vaccination individually, don't lump them all into one.
There is a middle ground. There are some doctors who are only against MMR and other combo type immunizations They believe in vaccinating on a safer schedule i.e., only one vaccine per month or every two weeks. In Iceland and Sweden they have reduced and safer vaccine schedules. Studies show that these countries have better infant mortality rates. Causal or not ?
Remember that you can have adverse reactions to novacaine, aspirin, ibuprofen, antibiotics, acetaminophen, decongestants, antihistamines and on & on.
This is a pretty good explanation of why vaccines should be administered.
Bill