Where is the evidence that they lower your immune system response to other diseases?
Moreover, some of the articles above, after reading them, are filled with weasel words like "maybe" and "may," without actually saying anything. Other times, it talks about pregnancy. A lot of innocuous things can harm pregnant women's children. That doesn't mean you shouldn't get vaccinated after it's over. Problems stemming from vaccination are rare indeed and no reason to opt out unless medical professionals indicate the risk is high enough for you.
Once in a while, sh*t happens. Oh well. That's the cost of a healthy, safe society. I guarantee that prior to vaccination, deaths and sickness were far higher. Vaccines have virtually destroyed the most horrific communicable diseases. The problem is, as I said in the other thread: people have grown lazy and complacent and ignorant. They don't understand what it was like before the vaccines, thus they think there will be no problem if they destroy the effectiveness of the vaccine by allowing anyone to opt out any time. This is foolish. Look what it was like BEFORE vaccines. Then you will change your tune.
The one individual doesn't matter much anyway. Again, the safety of the majority is what matters most. The more people who opt out of the system, the more risk they pose to the rest of society, the more likely it is that people will get sick or worse, die. Unlike the rare risk to the individual, this risk to others is significant when enough opt out. As I showed, a decrease in the measles vaccinations due to "opting out" caused an outbreak. It was a disaster.
You cannot allow wanton opting out because it will lower the herd immunity too much and negate the benefits of the vaccines. I don't frankly care if it kills or hurts a few people in the process. The ends are justified.
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