One of the most compelling paragraphs I've read in support of
vaccinations (read the entire outstanding article at http://mega
nmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/03/correlation_causation_
vaccinat.php). Leaving children unvaccinated means going back
to:In class we had a professor tell us that we will encounter
parents not interested in vaccination. I know some personally,
so this was no surprise, but believe it or not this was news to
some of the medical students in my class. - Leg braces and iron
lungs for people with polio (57,628 cases in 1952) -
Encephalitis and sterility for people with mumps (200,000 cases
a year in the 1960s) - Congenital rubella syndrome for children
whose mothers contracted the illness during pregnancy. -
Blindness, pneumonia, encephalitis, and death--one per thousand
--for people wth measles (nearly 1 million cases a year in the
US before vaccines). - Encephalitis and pulmonary hypertension
for people with whooping cough--thanks to people who don't
vaccinate their kids, in 2001, 17