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In 1954, when I entered grade school in the state of Indiana, you could not enter school without the vaccination. When I entered college in 1966, you could not enter Indiana University without the vaccination.

In 1968, you could not reenter the USA after travelling abroad without proof of vaccination.

Somehow the American public lived all those years with everyone being vaccinated. The anti-vaccination hysteria is a mystery to me. I must assume most of these folks are under 40 and think that there is some diabolical plot to people wanting them to get vaccinated.

I will happily pay whatever I can scrounge up to get my children and grandchildren vaccinated. I would be willing to pay $100 per person...even $200. The risk is quite small, as you know, and the risk of being unvaccinated is, in my opinion, far greater in this current situation.

I must assume most of these folks are under 40 and think that there is some diabolical plot to people wanting them to get vaccinated.

My objection is based purely on principle.

Although I had the vaccination as a child (I think, TB and polio for sure) I just refuse to run around filing lawsuits and "bashing" ( <-eh? ) the President and the Administration over what is up till now a non-existant threat.

I don't think I should pay for it and I don't think I should be forced to undergo it and I am not sure that a vaccination today will protect us against the terrorists tomorrow..

But if you want to, I support you in that.

Do it, pay for it and if it helps you sleep then I am happy for you.. Just leave me out of it please, that's all I ask. Now, I think that's perfectly reasonable.

I wish we could deliver the vaccine. Many vaccines are removed from the market by the manufacturer because the profit margins are too low. Recently, a major manufacturer withdrew the Lyme Disease vaccination from the market.

Right now, the major vaccine manufacturers are having trouble even delivering the routine childhood vaccines. We've had a national shortage of whooping cough, tetanus, chickenpox, measles, mumps, rubella, and pneumococcal immunications. These shortages are peculiar and deserve investigation from the AG's office.

Meanwhile, we're all still sitting ducks for anthrax and smallpox because a bunch of pencil-necked bureaucrats feel that THEY should be setting medical policy for all citizens...instead of permitting ADULTS to make a decision for themselves!

Someone from the administration needs to tell the ACIP, AAP, AAFP, and CDC (if you know the acronyms, you should be doing something about this scam) that the free market can actually take responsibility.

The major reason for the problems in vaccine production stem from liability issues. So many people are suing the vaccine companies that there are now only 4 (really only 3) vaccine companies in the entire nation!