“ I do not know how old you are, but the number of vaccinations given to children today are much more numerous than when I was growing up in the 1960s.”
Yeah. Very true. I got small pox vaccine but was too young for chicken pox vax. My younger brother didn’t get the smallpox vax because it was eradicated by the time he came around.
“Most of us were intentionally exposed to chicken pox, the measles and the mumps when we were young so we could get natural immunity.”
I don’t know about intentionally, but in a natural course of events people got it.
“Small Pox and Polio- got the shot as soon as the doctor gave permission.”
Exactly.
I am asking are people against the polio vaccine, or measles, or mumps vaccines etc…
These vaccines saved a lot of lives - including the chicken pox vaccine — and improved our lives.
I am not asking about the recent plethora of vaccines whose necessities, or efficacies, are debatable.
Those diseases were already massively on the decline due to improved sanitation before most of the vaccines came out.
Additionally, medical treatment for disease complications has improved DRAMATICALLY since the 60's with the advent of antibiotics, antivirals, and steroids (Anti-inflammatories) What needs to happen and has not, is to compare the outcome with those childhood diseases with other treatment than vaccines to see if the complications could be prevented. I realize the problems with that approach, but it's something worth considering especially for someone who has decline the vaccines.
So going after the common childhood vaccinations when the concern is the plethora of other needless ones because *what if* (like with HPV and Hepatitis for example) is disingenuous and smacks of simply wanting to label someone as an anti-vaxxer.