There are many arguments for and against vaccinations. A quick internet search yields countless cases demonstrating the harmful and sometimes lethal side effects of vaccines. The evidence supporting the use of vaccines is also largely anecdotal. The scientific standard of proof (double-blind, placebo controlled studies) is never used because it is deemed unethical to be used in the case where the assumption is that vaccines reduce morbidity.

Often, people who question the efficacy of vaccines are immediately ridiculed for their ignorance and coerced into accepting the ‘Kool-Aid” that everyone else has been drinking for so long. Still, parents have a responsibility to inform themselves of the risks and potential benefits and decide for themselves how to go forward rather than assume that governments, pharmaceutical firms, trade organizations and doctors have only their child’s best interests in mind.

Vaccines.