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I feel compelled to point out that vaccination, while it does help the individual in many cases, is actually more about changing the epidemiology of certain infections for the good of the whole population. A vaccine that did nothing to actually protect you individually from infection, lessen your symptoms, or shorten your recovery time would still be an excellent vaccine if it reduced the amount of time you could infect others.
A handful of people maintaining normal infectious characteristics can undermine the effectiveness of an entire vaccination program. It doesn't matter if "I'm afraid vaccination may hurt my little darling." is a valid concern or not- it is irrelevant. Vaccination isn't about helping or hurting your little darling, it's about controlling the spread of disease. Failure to vaccinate your child, endangers every other child (and adult, potentially).
It'll be great your kid doesn't have autism until he's the keystone carrier for a global pandemic. fnord
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