It was here: “My nephew had seizures after I think the DTAP, but I’m not sure.” Yep, needs to be verified first.
Billions of safe vaccinations in the past, widely accepted as safe, solid scientific basis, etc.
Not an expert, but as far as I know, adverse reactions to vaccines are also a known thing. It’s just when you do the trolley calculation, the total damage from the adverse reactions is much smaller than the counterfactual total damage from the disease if people were not vaccinated.
If the chance of adverse reaction is roughly the same for everyone, there is nothing you can do about it. But if it turns out that e.g. a minority of people with some specific gene has an unusually strong adverse reaction, it would make sense to make an exception for them.
What about the idea that claims without evidence can be dismissed without evidence?
Evidence for safety of vaccines? Billions of safe vaccinations in the past, widely accepted as safe, solid scientific basis, etc.
Evidence for your Uncle’s claims?
It was here: “My nephew had seizures after I think the DTAP, but I’m not sure.” Yep, needs to be verified first.
Not an expert, but as far as I know, adverse reactions to vaccines are also a known thing. It’s just when you do the trolley calculation, the total damage from the adverse reactions is much smaller than the counterfactual total damage from the disease if people were not vaccinated.
If the chance of adverse reaction is roughly the same for everyone, there is nothing you can do about it. But if it turns out that e.g. a minority of people with some specific gene has an unusually strong adverse reaction, it would make sense to make an exception for them.
Hopefully genetic widespread genetic tests will help with this.
That’s a fair point. I don’t know of any studies that showed vaccines are dangerous.