[exDemMom]

ALL vaccines are immune suppressing, meaning they affect immune function for a period of time and can make some people more susceptible to coming down with a viral or bacterial infection.. The chemicals, adjuvants, lab altered viruses and bacteria and foreign DNA/RNA from animal and human cell substrates in the vaccines may compromise immune system function and depress immunity -- that is the trade-off you are risking.

Immune-suppressing? Seriously?

Vaccines are one of the most natural medical interventions that exist. Far from suppressing your immune system, they "teach" the immune system to recognize deadly pathogens and destroy them before they have a chance to cause disease.

Thanks to vaccines, most children actually survive to adulthood. And the average lifespan has doubled from what it was in the pre-vaccine days.

[mewzilla]

I’m not an anti-vaxer, but I am curious: Does contracting the mumps confer better/longer immunity than the vaccine provides?