noteworthy wrote:
A fair number oppose traditional medicine in favor of homeopathy, believing that vaccines weaken the immune system and that sickness is a natural part of life. “We treat our children like machines that are never supposed to slow down or let us miss a day of work,” a mother told Allen. “We never allow them the soulfulness of being ill.”

wtf?

There's NOTHING soulful about polio or rubella. In fact, there are many movements afoot to try and boost productivity and reduce sick days, for both children and adults. With a ton of evidence based medicine behind how and why to do it. It's this constant drive for ever increasing productivity which is the engine of our economy and has raised the infant mortality rate, lifespan, and prevented countless disease.

Now granted, I had a long row with my child's pediatrician about her inoculations because of Thiomersal being used in them. We were able to secure non-preservative bearing doses and I can sleep a little easier because of that. But I hardly think that vaccine should NOT be administered for these kinds of killers. Then again, I also had chicken pox twice in my life.

RE: Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine’s Greatest Lifesaver