You’re correct. Mortuary studies in anthropology cover thousands of years. In the good ole’ days before vaccinations childhood death was common. Up until the early 20th century even wealthy families commonly endured the death if a child. The mortality rates in all societies showed a spike at 2 years old. If a child made it past that they were generally good until the late teenage years early twenties. It’s sad reading this thread the stupid stuff people believe about vaccinations and modern medicine.
I used to live on a farm settled by a pre-revolutionary war family. The family cemetary was still there. It was filled with children’s graves.
Every day I passed it I was glad I didn’t live back then.
I have young children and none of them have had any vaccines.
My wife and I came to this decision after a lot of research. A careful review of the evidence would lead any reasonable parent to skip the vaccines and instead focus on giving their children good food, exercise outside, love, homeopathic remedies, etc. Americans are heavily over-medicated, especially the children, and the results are poor health. Not only do we not know if vaccines given to children today are safe, but the CDC refuses to do the research to find out.
I think the bigger question is why so many parents do give their children so many vaccines. My guess is that most fathers leave it up to their wives to make these decisions. And most mothers are either not smart enough to understand all the conflicting information on the topic (it is very hard), they are intimidated by their pediatricians and schools (even though most states allow you to opt out, doctors and schools never tell the parents about this option), or they are too busy watching Ellen and reading People (not only is this a waste of time for a parent, but they are subjecting themselves to drug company propaganda).
How many women have the guts to go up against the government, schools, doctors, family, friends, insurance/drug companies? Sadly, the dominate American culture today is obedience, not freedom.