(February 10, 2015 at 3:57 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: I just think he needs to realize that conjecture like "if you get vaccinated, you're not using your immune system as much and maybe this is why people are more sickly than ever" only gives ammunition to people who need it in order to continue to have a "personal objection" to vaccinating their children and therefore challenging herd immunity. He needs some data to back that up.
Oh, yeah! I forgot he said that nonsense - there's was just so much bullshit flying around that table it was hard to keep track... :p
The whole "You're not using your immune system if you get vaccinated" crap belies a complete misunderstanding of how vaccines work. Vaccines are to your immune system like training is to an athlete; you do the one so you can prevent injury to the other.
Then again, y'all already know this...

Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.