10-12-2010, 06:48 AM
Statistics can be used to "prove" anything.
But what we know to be true is that the majority of health care professionals currently believe that the benefits of vaccines outweigh the risks. If they didn't then, like leeches as a cure for the plague, they would no longer be the default recommendation.
Does that mean that it is a fact that the positives outweigh the negatives? Not at all--leeches were once believed to be a cure all but are now known not to be. But it does mean that your opinion, and the opinion of a minority of health care professionals, is less likely to be correct.
In short. On the basis of currently available knowledge, you are doing your child a disservice if you don't vaccinate.
And with that umpteenth restating of the situation, I'm done. It's your kid--his health is yours to gamble with one way or the other.
But what we know to be true is that the majority of health care professionals currently believe that the benefits of vaccines outweigh the risks. If they didn't then, like leeches as a cure for the plague, they would no longer be the default recommendation.
Does that mean that it is a fact that the positives outweigh the negatives? Not at all--leeches were once believed to be a cure all but are now known not to be. But it does mean that your opinion, and the opinion of a minority of health care professionals, is less likely to be correct.
In short. On the basis of currently available knowledge, you are doing your child a disservice if you don't vaccinate.
And with that umpteenth restating of the situation, I'm done. It's your kid--his health is yours to gamble with one way or the other.
"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."