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In reply to the discussion: If you don't vaccinate your children. [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,224 posts)Always were, and always will be.
Oh, wait - the doctors who believed that turned out to be wrong, didn't they? And the earth is round, and the sun doesn't revolve around it.
Medical knowledge is always evolving and is rapidly growing in two areas which are relevant to this discussion: individualized medicine and autoimmune disorders. There may very well be others, but these are two I am familiar with. Currently we have a one size fits all vaccine regime. For the majority of people, it is a reasonable regime, does not harm them, and is beneficial for the community. Unfortunately, there are those it does harm - and people with a predisposition to auto-immune disorders are among those. Until good systemic sorting tools are developed, some of those who know they fall into this category (or other at risk categories) are making informed selective decisions about which immunizations to have.
Closed minds are a sign of a lack of intellectual curiosity, not normally a characteristic I associate with progressive thinking.