These people never lived through the polio era and the fear it generated. I lived through whooping cough and it has affected my lungs all my life. These people are being so very ignorant, just look at the number of lives it has saved or prevented from getting the diseases.

They should be charged with the spread of a virus with intent to kill.

According to the article 179 children died from flu related illnesses during the last flu season.

we are becoming a stronger nation

I know someone who nearly died of a nasty flu strain a few years back. Mid 30s and otherwise healthy, unvaccinated. He spent weeks in the hospital, some of that in a coma.

I am a nursing assistant. I have given bedside care to elderly people who live their entire lives severely disabled after surviving polio. I had a classmate who is deaf in one ear due to chickenpox.

I have never known anyone to be harmed by a vaccine other than feeling crappy the day after. That is what is supposed to happen. It's called an immune response. That's how they work. Other claims of dangers and disasters seem to be mostly correlations at best and reek of clickbait conspiracy

I get all recommended vaccines for my children and myself. People travel all over and congregate like never before. I think the benefit outweighs the risk.

There’s no way I’m ever going to risk my children’s or my life for fear of getting a little shot. It’s beyond ridiculous.

Research shows that areas where kids aren't vaccinated have higher rates of illness related death of children. How the hell isn't this shouted from the rooftops?

Still the conspiracy theorists think scientists doing this research are making the big bucks. Not the CEOe of Big Pharma, but the research scientists making 100k if they're lucky. Such a huge conspiracy by the scientists to stay middle class and make tons of money for their stockholders and CEOs. The same CEOs who then peddle antiscience conspiracies because they're not smart enough to figure out what their employees do.

Interesting. Here in Australia, we have flu vaccinations. The current one covers 4 different strains. The only people who get the vaccination are the elderly and people who work in high risk jobs, perhaps those working at chemists or nurses. I've never had one. I did have the flu this year but my doc said it was mild and wouldn't have been part of the vaccination anyway. I eat healthy, go to the gym and wash my hands. That'll do me.

I would describe them as a tool.

I have never had a flu shot, and never will.

Asinine.

yea that's idiotic.. a lot say 'it makes you sick'... that's bullshit. i got a flu shot and pneumonia shot...topped it off with a tdap since i forgot when last time was. my arms still hurt and that was thursday!