Posted on 05/21/2017 9:05:47 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
Good question. I remember when the Salk polio sugar cubes were administered to us and feeling relieved that I wouldn’t get polio. Back then, you’d see people whose bodies were ravaged by polio and parents told stories of growing up in fear. The government required school children to get it, I believe. This is an excellent question about the limits of government.
Consider too that 3rd worlders carry parasites and infectious diseases that are not stopped by vaccine. It is wrong for gubmint to force kids to attend schools that are unsafe, either from disease or crimes such as rape.
We can discuss how it is excessive to vaccinate for rotaviruses and multiple strains of the flu every year, and how that could train the immune system to respond to proteins and raise the risk of autoimmune conditions.
That said, it is child abuse to NOT vaccinate against debilitating diseases that can still spread through immigrants and world travelers to unvaccinated children: measles, mumps, rubella. It is immoral NOT to vaccinate against tetanus and other serious conditions, leaving your child at risk of death.
Feminists have forgotten why we demanded women have so many children - the average woman in recorded history bore 6-8 children and TWO or three grew up.
That means families lost half to two thirds of their children, damn near all of which was to disease. We ONLY conquered that through immunization and better infrastructure.
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