Arguing with Anti-Vaxxer friend

[Jehanne]

If your anti-vaxxer friend is concerned about this, answering two questions should settle the whole thing.

1.  How many lives have been saved as a direct result of vaccinations?

2.  How many lives have been lost due to metal poisoning from vaccinations?

There is a risk to - quite literally - everything. The question isn't 'Is there a risk to vaccinations?' but 'Are vaccinations worth the risk?'  I had a mate (this is years and years ago) who suffered a broken leg in a car crash.  He had the leg set at RVH, managed to contract sepsis, and very nearly died of it.  Does this mean setting a broken bone has an inherent risk?  Yes.  Does this mean that setting broken bones is a risky enough procedure to end the practice?  Come on.

Boru

Drinking too much water will kill you, too, but you'll also die from not having it.

P.S.

Local officials nearly fall for H2O hoax.