I've read several of the comments below and feel 40 years of eradication to be proof enough.

Yes as someone who grew up not being vaccinated as a child I as an adult have gotten chicken pox and measles and can say it is horrible. So yes please don't put your children through that.it is horrible.

I don't have a problem with vaccinations in general but I do have a problem with injecting poisson in to children.

I know Ben Shapiro leans towards actually forcing vaccines for the usual (MMR, etc.), but I have a lot of friends who are very anti-vax.
I am wondering if anyone has any good resources for people against vaccinations, especially if that source is formerly an anti-vax advocate.
Any info appreciated, thanks!

Prevention of disease is cheaper using less resources in our communities and hospitals.

Immunizations aren’t 100%, they’re part of a defense triangle that also includes diet and exercise, and proper hygiene, to mitigate risks of exposure. I also don’t think federal government mandates, with a one size fits all mentality, that don’t consider local risk factors, are a good idea. Finally, this discussion has been driven by recent events, where unscreened immigrants have reintroduced, or brought different strains, of diseases that were, in large part, subdued. Is it a good idea to get vaccinated? Absolutely. This is a personal decision between parents and doctors. I hope that’s where it remains.

I say to each their own. Who am I to decide for someone else’s kids. I do not think that any medicine or medical procedures should be mandated by the government. Americans are supposed to have Constitutional rights. I decide for my kids, and you decide for yours. And hopefully we are all making informed decisions.

My eldest daughter was offered the HPV vaccine at birth, the one to stop a STD...I calmly asked the nurse with whom she expected my newborn to have sex with? She got flustered and said said she was just told to offer the vaccine and checked off that I rejected it.

Add another choice. Personal choice.

The risk is worth the result.

We have erradicated so many potentially deadly diseases, with no side effects. There’s no credible science to suggest we should return to the dark ages. Anecdotal stories do not support stopping vaccinations. Show me a credible scientific study to support not vaccinating. And, you infect others around your kids, which seems unreasonable

Yes, because the benefits outweigh the cons of not vaccinating. Millions of children are vaccinated every year without adverse affects, and with the benefit of not contracting a multitude of debilitating diseases. If everyone stopped vaccinating, we would see measles, polio, mumps, rubella, hepatitis, etc. return and harm more children and people than the vaccinations sometimes do. If a child has a medical condition that would preclude that vaccination is more dangerous than not, that child should not be vaccinated. More research is needed to determine how to make vaccinations safe for all children. Many people today are tied to the idea that their children are fine even thought never vaccinated. I maintain that the minority of children not vaccinated are fairly safe because the majority are.

I thought this was supposed to be intellectual not Facebook

Eradication of diseases. A few of the commenters below me seem to not realize the distinction between a vaccine and a cure. You’re giving the child immunity by introducing some form of the disease or it’s components, of course they’re labeled as “toxins” and “poisons”. With that said, I advocate for extremely strict quality controls on vaccines, anyone messing with kids to save a buck is immoral, full stop.

Because they haven't been safely tested with double blind placebo studies. Too many unanswered questions regarding safety and effectiveness.

Yes, the benefits out weigh the risk. I am of an age where they lined us up in school and everyone got a shot. I don't recall anyone I knew, having a long term reaction. Also, I do have reservations about the quality control of our medicine and where and how they are made.

If you choose to not. Then home school.

Having had M, M, & R as a kid I highly recommend giving your kids the MMR vaccination.

Yes. Because Herd Immunity doesn't care about individual choice. It cares about herd choice.

So the individual choice argument doesn't really work for vaccination, because the diseases are repelled by the immunity of the community as a whole. If some people believe in vaccines and some don't, the diseases come in and ravage the town anyway.

I believe vaccinations are needed for the mandatory main diseases, mmr, small pox, etc., however I don’t believe it should be mandatory for flu, hpv, or chicken pox.

The science is in on this

“Herd immunity” was pivotal in eradicating smallpox, and very nearly poliomyelitis
Rare exceptions for specific paediatric conditions but otherwise anti vaccine mob are riding on the work of the masses

Herd immunity is required for those who cannot be vaccinated due to age or comprised immune system. Do it for them.
The rise in complications happens when the population LIVES long enough to have issues. It’s not from the immunization, it’s a side effect of life. (Example: more cancer. Yeah, because people used to die from disease by 35.)

Vaccines primarily work through a phenomena known as herd immunity. By eliminating the risk of disease in the majority of a population (90+%), the remainder that cannot be vaccinated due to health considerations are still granted an indirect form of immunity due to the lack of a viable disease vector.

Ultimately, it's up to the parents as to whether or not they want their child to be given the individual immunity, or try their luck with the herd immunity. It should be said though, as we've seen with the recent outbreaks of measles, we're already at or beyond the point of minimum effectiveness of herd immunity.