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Basically... we are screwed.

I have great concern about vaccines. The immune system is far more complex than anyone understands. Our level of scientific understanding is something along the lines of poking at stick at it to see what it does. Vaccines work by stimulating the body to generate antibodies. But antibodies are not always monogamous with the intended antigens. And perhaps our model of how the system works is really only 20% of the entire process. Yuck.

On the other hand... go to an old cemetary. Look at the ages of the people there and you will not something "unusual": zillions of kids under 10.

The "good old days" were horrible. Early death from disease was common. Imagine the type of life one led when it wasn't uncommon for your young child to die a horrible deseased death. Constant fear. Geez. No thanks.

So basically... we are damned if we do... and damned if we don't.

Hopefully our science will grow to a point were we don't have these problems.