Lot of talk about a tiny measles epidemic starting at Disney land. Lot of alarmist talk, including from Obama. Lots of TV newsies talking about it.
They didn't have those vaccines when I was a kid. All kids had a case of measles about the time they started public school. We all survived it, along with chickenpox, mumps and whooping cough. Part of growing up.
If the vaccine is as good as they say it is, then if your kid is vaccinated, he/she won't catch measles from the few kids who are not vaccinated. Does not increase the risk to anyone except those grownups, who aren't vaccinated and who didn't catch the disease as a child. In an adult, those childhood diseases are a lot more serious, in some cases fatal.
Far as I can see, those parents who don't vaccinate their kids only put their kids at risk. And it ain't much of a risk. Used to be, we all ran the same risk, and we all survived. I don't see how it affects or harms the general population. So if people want to do stupid things that don't harm others, let 'em. That's what a free country is all about.
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