I know for a fact that vaccinations prevent disease. That is how polio and small pox were eradicated.
The other way to know that your child has immunity from diseases through vaccination, have the Ab(antibody) levels checked, also called titers. Then you know for sure.
I can understand the hesitation to vaccinate, but agree that most vaccinations have saved countless lives. We vaccinate, but not in multiple doses (MMR given separately, for example).
My oldest son did have a reaction to a vaccination, it was not good but he recovered. I think it is healthy for parents to examine the issue and make the best decision for their family.
I’ve told this multiple times and never hear a satisfactory answer.
I had the measles shots as a kid (in the 70s)
I then attended two colleges across the country that each had a measles outbreak, because I didn’t have proof of vax, I had to get shots at both of them, (88 and 90 or 91).
fast forward to 2003, after a blood test when I was pregnant, they said I wasn’t immune to measles, so be careful around kids.
That’s what started my research into (non)vaccination of my child.
“That is how polio and small pox were eradicated.”
You overstate the case for polio (I’m not sure about smallpox).
Cases of polio were in decline before the vaccine was developed.