Vaccines work

I don't believe vaccines are inherently bad.  I do believe not getting vaccinated for certain illnesses greatly increases your odds of getting that illness.  Smallpox is a prime example of that.  Tuberculosis is another.  Both are horrible diseases and the biggest reason they're so rare today is thanks to vaccines.

So do I despise anti vaxxers?  Yes and no.

What causes autism? The science is so iffy.  Do vaccines cause autism?  I personally doubt it.  Could OVER vaccinating?  Well, that's kinda different.

It's no secret the west has an over medication problem.  We stubb our toes and we're downing antibiotics.   Because we overuse antibiotics, they're no longer effective.  So we have to keep making new ones that we overuse until they become ineffective and so on and so on.  The only thing we accomplish is raising the price and profits drive everything in the healthcare industry.

The pharmaceutical industry is all about profit.  They financially rape you with every pill they con you into thinking you need.  Vaccines are money makers so yes, they tell you you need vaccines you don't need.

Flu shots.  You may or may not get the flu.  Even if you do get it, your body can fight it off.  Your body was designed to.  Truthfully, you can get by without a flu shot but millions get one anyway. Half of them will get the flu anyway.

Measels, chicken pox, mumps.  Common childhood ailments that can cause nasty lasting problems if acquired by an infant.  I get why parents want to protect their kids from those, but tetanus?  What are the odds your kids are going to stab themselves with something rusty?  And if they have that good a chance of getting tetanus, you're bad parents.

We can't even legally visit some countries without getting mandatory vaccines.  Why?  The people living there do fine.  I don't think you're giving the human immune system enough credit when you vaccinate for dysentery.

Zika vaccines. West Nile vaccines.  Ebola vaccines.  Whatever.  Unless you're in an area where a disease is actively killing people, you don't need a vaccine for it but someone sneezed so you need a shot.

And do you even realize what a vaccine consists of?  It's a dead strain of the virus you're trying to prevent being injected into your body in the hope that your immune system will create antibodies to fight off the infection you just gave yourself.  If your immune system can do that with a vaccine, it can do that with the actual virus.

Which is why half the people getting flu shots this year will still get the flu.  It's why some kids will still get chicken pox despite being vaccinated.

And freedom to choose whether or not you vaccinate is nothing to take lightly.  Once that's gone, the government can inject you with whatever they want.  Forced sterilization anyone?  Never take freedom for granted.

The point I'm trying to make is that though vaccines have their benefits, we need to be more careful about how we use them.  Like any medicine, they can be misused.  Our immune systems are wonderful things and I encourage everyone to try to heal illnesses naturally before reaching for the pills.  It's better for you.

As to whether or not vaccines cause autism, one or two vaccines are not going to screw up your kid in my opinion.  Five or six might.  Either way, vaccines shouldn't be mandatory anymore than aspirin should be.

Because no one should be making your heath decision or your child's except you.