When it comes to needles to stick my new kiddo with, I’m not really being persuaded to do more than the intersection of vaccinations between similar nations.”
You don’t know enough to decide this. What is “similar” (climate, culture, disease spectrum?) Do you know the history of their immunization laws?
That’s incorrect. I know that my generation was vaccinated against a more limited set of diseases and has survived pretty well.
It’s not wrong to question US health orthodoxy when it’s not at all a secret that pharma can influence US policy and other similar nations haven’t followed these recommendations.
Seems to me you opened a bottle of righteous indignation for me that you had saved up for someone else..
That’s incorrect. I know that my generation was vaccinated against a more limited set of diseases and has survived pretty well.
“There’s no need for the smartphones. I know that my generation only had landlines to use, and has survived pretty well.”
“Back in the day, smallpox was just a fact of life. Most people lived. What’s the big deal about it anyway, afterall, we survived pretty well, and it’s not like it was holding our society back”
“Why do we need to wash our hands before surgery? We’ve survived pretty well so far like this.”
Just because you have not personally seen someone die from a vaccine preventable disease doesn’t mean that it doesn’t happen, or that it’s okay.
That’s incorrect. I know that my generation was vaccinated against a more limited set of diseases and has survived pretty well.
It’s not wrong to question US health orthodoxy when it’s not at all a secret that pharma can influence US policy and other similar nations haven’t followed these recommendations.
Seems to me you opened a bottle of righteous indignation for me that you had saved up for someone else..
“There’s no need for the smartphones. I know that my generation only had landlines to use, and has survived pretty well.”
“Back in the day, smallpox was just a fact of life. Most people lived. What’s the big deal about it anyway, afterall, we survived pretty well, and it’s not like it was holding our society back”
“Why do we need to wash our hands before surgery? We’ve survived pretty well so far like this.”
Just because you have not personally seen someone die from a vaccine preventable disease doesn’t mean that it doesn’t happen, or that it’s okay.
http://callingbullshit.org/videos.html
(a) You don’t know enough to decide one way or the other.
(b) If (a) is true, trust your local public health person.