“We’ve virtually eliminated measles, polio, TB, etc., from this country WITHOUT mandatory vaccines.”
Polio was eliminated WITH vaccines. No one was foolish enough to skip the vaccine when it first came out; the vaccine was a huge lifesaver.
We have just gotten lazy and forgotten.
Those of us born in those times remember how every summer we worried about swimming because the following school year one or more of our friends who swam with us came down with polio.
The worst part was seeing them in an iron lung inwhich
they will spend the rest of their life. Since we didn't know what caused it, we related it to swimming.
You can bet your bippy that when the vaccine was available my children were with me in the front of the shot line. None of them got polio or had any side effects.
People today don't understand the absolute panic felt by many during the polio epidemic. It was justified panic.
I can guarantee that if a disease came out that made people's noses rot and fall off, there would be people lining up for immunizations. Never mind some kind of disease that could randomly cripple and kill.
He said “mandatory”, but I disagree with the “no one is foolish” comment, people still smoke despite the evidence of what happens