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Chris Barnes, 11, is getting his latest round of vaccinations for measles and tetanus.

“It doesn’t really scare me as much as other people, it’s just a shot,” he said.

Without the vaccine and getting measles, Chris has a 1 in 1000 chance of developing encephalitis. He has overall a 1 in 500 chance of dying. With a vaccination, he has a 1 in 1,000,000 chance of an adverse reaction.

As far as "aborted fetuses" goes, the vaccine does not contain DNA from aborted fetuses. The rubella virus is cultured in human cell lines. Some of these cell lines are cells that were cultured from tissues obtained from abortions in the 1960s. And you have no idea of the reasons for those abortions. They may have been for tubal pregnancies or some other similar medical emergency. At any rate, no new abortions are required to maintain these lines or to make the vaccines.

You may as well swear off the use of electricity because of all the people getting killed in coal mining. You're benefiting from their deaths. You could claim that it is immoral to benefit from the death of an innocent fetus. But it is also immoral to willfully put a child in greater danger of death and damage by diseases by refusing to have him immunized. Pro-choice? But that choice, just like in abortion, primarily puts him in danger, not you. A pretty expensive salve for your conscience.

Without the vaccine and getting measles, Chris has a 1 in 1000 chance of developing encephalitis. He has overall a 1 in 500 chance of dying. With a vaccination, he has a 1 in 1,000,000 chance of an adverse reaction.

In 1961, my brother at age 12 nearly died from complications of the mumps, both meningitis and encephalitis. He spent nearly two months in the hospital after being in a coma for 3 days. It was a miracle he recovered at all as the doctor’s best prognosis was that he would be a vegetable or severely brain damaged.

You can be sure my parents made sure I got all my vaccinations.

As far as "aborted fetuses" goes…

Thank you for clarifying that. Unfortunately there will be those who will not believe it.

Well, my nephew was that 1 in a million, and is now severely developmentally disabled and has a seizure disorder. My son proceeded to have an extremely severe reaction to a DPT shot. I’m not taking any more chances that one of MY children will be another vaccine damage statistic.