@Athena It is a fact, not all the preventative things in modern medicine are safe for ALL people.

@Athena Here's the problem with that argument, I will ignore that it's friend of a friend hearsay (the hallmark of urban legends). First, my knowledge comes from the study of microbiology in classrooms and labs. Science fascinates me.

The "study" that claimed dangers of vaccines contained falsified information, it was disproven and the doctor that authored it is barred from practicing medicine. A Playboy Bunny/actress spread the lies and it went viral. People heard the lies over and over and they became "facts". Are vaccines completely without risk? No. Without them millions will die of measles, polio, and other diseases that were almost entirely eradicated. If the smalll number of people that have true allergies are not vaccinated HERD IMMUNITY protects us all.

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\From then World Health Org (WHO)

@Athena My point was not that there are zero deaths, my point is that the risk of not being vaccinated not only endangers the individual but society as a whole, including those that have been vaccinated as microbes are able to evolve. But hey, look how well the denial of science is working out for us. Shall we ask some of the species soon to be extinct due to human ignorance?

@altschmerz A vaccine made me ill for a few days, I still get them as the disease would have likely killed me.

@Athena Perhaps you'll rethink when polio and measles come to your neighborhood.

Actually, it comes from breathing the incense.