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To: mysterio

Vaccines have side effects. For any vaccine, you have to weigh the benefits of the vaccine against those risks.

For example, I’ve never gotten the Flu vaccine. I could get the flu, but I’m highly unlikely to die from it. And I could die from the flu shot.

I’ve had my children vaccinated for just about everything they make vaccines for. I suppose the Chicken Pox vaccination was the hardest to justify, because most of us grew up with the idea that you should get Chicken Pox as a kid.

Anyway, I’m not pushing my daughter to get this vaccine. Because the “risk” can be almost entirely controlled, while the risk of the vaccine cannot be.

In other words, even if “on average” the risk of the vaccine is greater than the risk of the disease, that’s not true for people who control their lifestyles.


58 posted on 09/13/2009 9:17:16 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: CharlesWayneCT
For example, I’ve never gotten the Flu vaccine. I could get the flu, but I’m highly unlikely to die from it. And I could die from the flu shot.

*Holding bucket; gazes out at the Pacific. Drops bucket; walks away.*
60 posted on 09/13/2009 9:32:01 PM PDT by mysterio
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