Reply #153: k&r well said!

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I agree with you PEG stick to valid sources that are tested by time and peer reviewed by knowledgeable professionals (doctors epidemiologists etc.) The fact is that vaccination practices have been used by humans before corporations existed because they understood that by vaccinating you reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality. The reason we no longer take puss from smallpox pustules is because this is a very strong live strain of the illness and is more likely to cause severe illness. By making an inactivated virus (like the shots) it makes the virus very low virulence allowing the body to create anti-bodies without causing illness, you cannot get the flu from a flu shot, you can get an allergic reaction to the vaccine usually those with egg allergies. The facts are simple getting vaccinated reduces your risk of the flu. You do put people at risk when you do not get vaccinated. Here in Texas and across the NATION there is a rise in Pertussis morbidity and mortality in infants that has been caused by lower vaccination coverage rates, not from getting vaccinated. It is a simple choice one option has less risk than the other http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5840md.htm look at table 2 Pertussis is increasing past last years rates and http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/290/22/2968 . The risk is greater getting the actual illness than getting the vaccination. Use you Brain. The scientific community has an majority consensus on vaccinations and their safety just like science community has overall agreement on global climate change. Look at the majority opinion not the fringe opinion. You have a CHOICE YES but choices do have consequences none the less.

these are reliable sources that have scientific rigor and transparent, proven methodology: If you can site relevant skepticism on vaccinations from these sources I will happily look into any issue you come up with. Sources of Facts are important, you would not site the weekly standard as a reliable source on Health reform issues but would consider the Congressional Budget Office to give evidence that reflect the fact of health care reform impact not an opinion.

NEJM-New England Journal if Medicine
CDC-Center for Disease Control
NIH-National Institute of Health
NHS-National Health Services or NICE-National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
MMWR- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Also lets be respectful, we should all use proper decorum and manners to discuss these ideas. We are among friends and should not bully or name call that is for TROLLS!