My husband and I both had vaccines as children. So did our siblings. Though my husband’s brother was older and he got polio before that vaccine was available.
Our kid had vaccines.
Vaccines are a gift we should be thankful for. That said, I do not think the chickenpox vaccine is probably necessary. It is nice, though. But I have known no one who had it. My husband got chickenpox as an adult. I understand that put him at higher risk for shingles. But he lived through the humiliating experience just fine. He got it right after our child got it.
I do understand the issue with the use of 2 aborted fetuses for the rubella and chickenpox vaccines. (It is not an ongoing use.) An alternative can and should be offered, though it would take some time, so I understand.
It is great that your family is healthy. As long as we can make decisions based on conscience, we are free. Once we lose this freedom, we will never get it back. Soltzenitzen warned us...
The number of vaccines has TRIPLED since the 80’s. Most of those since the industry was indemnified in ‘86.
So you can’t compare the outcome of you and your husband, or even your children if they were vaccinated prior to the late 90’s to the schedule in force today:
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I caught it in the Army from my roommate and was quarantined for 10 days. I'M A SURVIVOR!!!!!
