Even if vaccines are safe, maybe it's important to not blindly trust vaccination programs:
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/5/12/di...on_program
"Until recently, polio had been nearly eradicated, thanks to a 25-year campaign that vaccinated billions of children. In Pakistan, the increase in polio is being linked to a secret CIA ploy used in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. With the help of a Pakistani doctor, the CIA set up a fake vaccination campaign in the city of Abbottabad in an effort to get DNA from the bin Laden family. The Taliban subsequently announced a ban on immunization efforts and launched a string of deadly attacks on medical workers."
Based on my experience with crime and criminals, I've found that that what doesn't come to light is usually worse than what does come to light...there could well some f'ed stuff going on in some of these other programs as well - crazy stuff within the past half-century is not unheard of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_sy...experiment
So many issues in trusting societal institutions. Ah well. C'est la vie.
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/5/12/di...on_program
"Until recently, polio had been nearly eradicated, thanks to a 25-year campaign that vaccinated billions of children. In Pakistan, the increase in polio is being linked to a secret CIA ploy used in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. With the help of a Pakistani doctor, the CIA set up a fake vaccination campaign in the city of Abbottabad in an effort to get DNA from the bin Laden family. The Taliban subsequently announced a ban on immunization efforts and launched a string of deadly attacks on medical workers."
Based on my experience with crime and criminals, I've found that that what doesn't come to light is usually worse than what does come to light...there could well some f'ed stuff going on in some of these other programs as well - crazy stuff within the past half-century is not unheard of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_sy...experiment
So many issues in trusting societal institutions. Ah well. C'est la vie.