(June 18, 2014 at 2:31 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote:(June 17, 2014 at 8:39 pm)Beccs Wrote: Sorry, but there's an epidemic of whooping cough recently in California and I suspect that it will be traced, as many outbreaks of measels and other ailments have been, to unvaccinated children.
- Vaccinations do not cause autism
- Vaccinations have saved countless lives (and continue to do so)
- Until someone gives me peer reviewed studies that show vaccinations are bad, I will continue to support them.
- As far as I'm concerned vaccinations should be mandatory for all.
I'm the biggest supporter of vaccines in the world. But can't agree with number 4. Mandating any kind of medical treatment is a dangerous precedent, is unenforceable and would be imo, morally questionable.
Don't want to rehash old ground, but honest question for slice. What evidence, if any, would convince you that vaccines save lives?
On 4, I would generally agree with you. However, unvaccinated children and people still cause numerous outbreaks which cost millions, if not billions of dollars every year to treat.
And having "celebrity" talking tits - I mean heads - like Jenny McCarthy and her braindead followers do nothing to alleviate the situation.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"