I just want to throw in my two cents on this. I have a 6 week old baby. She is very susceptible to a lot of the diseases that we now have vaccinations for, is at higher risk for serious complications or death with many of them because she is so young, and is too young to be vaccinated. Every time someone opts out of getting vaccinated, it ups the chances that there will be an outbreak and that my daughter might be exposed to a totally preventable illness that could very well kill her.
Right now, there’s a whooping cough epidemic in my area that probably could have been prevented if more people would get the vaccine. It worries me that my child could be exposed to and killed by a completely preventable illness all because people are concerned about side effects from vaccines that there is no evidence even exist. These illnesses are very real and very dangerous, and they kill people. If for no other reason that many of the most at-risk people can’t protect themselves because they can’t receive the vaccine, get vaccinated.
