Common sense tells me there are vaccines and then there are vaccines. When I was a kid I had whooping cough at 6 mos, red measles, german measles, mumps on both sides and chicken pox. Both my sisters had everything but whooping cough and so did every kid I knew. My best friend was an only child so when I got something her mother would send her over to sit with me in the sickroom so she would get it and get it over with. We didn’t know what autistic was.
The vaccines we did get and I think they are good ones were polio and small pox. I would add the whooping cough to that list as it is really serious and I was told I could have died from that one.
We are definitely an over vaccinated society.
As many modern medical miracles, immunizations are good but not perfect. They aren’t a substitute for good health practices.
A vaccination makes catching a disease entirely preventable.
There is no good reason not to get one.
Whether its for children or adults is equally true.
I too had whooping cough. I think it still at 66 affects my respiratory system. I had both kinds of measles and chicken pox, all when I was a teenager. No mumps. All I got for days was Campbell’s chicken noodle soup and saltine crackers. I still can’t stand it. The lady next door to us had polio. We got that shot and one for small pox. I think I can still find the scar. I’m pretty sure that from what she said, my aunt had small pox as a very young child. Since I turned 60 I have had the shingles vaccination and the pneumonia vaccination. I’m going back in for the new pneumonia vaccine. Anyone who had chickenpox and is 60 or over absolutely should get the shingles vaccination. It’s a horrible disease.