To Vaccinate or Not

[Monica]

I think it's silly to say anti-vaxxers pose a threat to children when they are actually trying to protect their children, but this will always be a heated debate.

Yes, and equally silly to say they aren't educated, when they research the issue much more than those who just blindly follow doctor's orders.

Adults who were vaccinated have the "I turned out fine" mentality (sort of similar to the spanking argument...)

Exactly! Bottom line is: It's easy to cite studies until it happens to one's own child. I find it offensive that they disregard the parents' own observations. Anyone who has a child knows that a healthy, normal child who is already talking in sentences doesn't just become autistic instantly, unable to talk, total change in behavior, for no reason! That this has happened to many thousands of children, within a couple of hours of getting vaccinated, is significant. To disregard the obvious is just absurd.

Not to mention, that the CDC's own graphs prove that the data has been doctored.

All this is covered in the videos I posted above.

Either way, IFLS stopped passing the sniff test for me a while ago, when they posted some extremely anti-extraterrestrial life opinions. I mean, for many people, it's just logical that we are not alone in the universe, so to take a mocking tone towards any belief in anything outside of planet earth was a little disconcerting. I'm not saying that ETs are essential to keeping my whole world view afloat, but I definitely don't consider IFLS to be progressive or forward thinking by any means.

Agreed!

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Excerpt from the excellent rebuttal:

They give credit to vaccines for eradicating diseases, but they didn’t. 
Polio (licensed in 1955), hepatitis A (1995) and B (1991), mumps (1967), measles (1963), and pertussis (1949), were all on the decline before the vaccines were introduced. Small pox and pertussis ultimately saw an increase in prevalence after the vaccine and rubella and tetanus was practically nonexistent prior to the vaccine. Mortality in all areas with all diseases were significantly decreased before the vaccine came on the scene. Instead of looking at deceptive CDC graphs that give credit where credit’s not due, try plugging in the year of licensure on both prevalence and mortality charts and discover where the decline occurred for yourself. (For prevalence of polio refer to “Incidence of poliomyelitis in the USA from CDC, 1972 and for measles prevalence use healthsentinel.com).

I did exactly that, but without the internet. We didn't have an internet when I was pregnant 26 years ago. But I saw this for myself, the hard way. It's true. Discovery of the doctored graphs was one of the main factors in my decision.