In the 1950's, the US had over 20,000 kids per year dying or getting paralyzed from polio. By the 1970's, the US had a quarter of a million citizens who had been paralyzed by polio.
The reason we don't have any kids dying and getting paralyzed by polio anymore is because of vaccines.
Smallpox killed 300 million people in the 20th century. Now, it is zero.
The reason a bunch of people don't still die from smallpox anymore is because of vaccines.
I just don't believe that injecting an infant with 30 vaccines is healthy.
It's 10, spaced out over the first 2 years of life. Not 30, and not all at once.
They should be forced to tell us what's in them.
You can look it up if you are interested.
The doses should be much smaller if anything.
Your statement is like someone who has no concept of how an engine works telling a mechanic that he should be putting in much less oil during an oil change. The mechanic's reaction would be like, "WTF are you talking about? This is the correct amount."
America isn't that prone to infectious diseases anymore.
Because of vaccines and antibiotics.
Without those, the world is far more prone to infectious disease than before because of drastically increased population density and drastically increased speed and amount of global travel.
Its very hard for me to trust these people when it's the same people pushing climate change and gender transitions down our throats.
I do not trust government or media. At all. Both are jammed to the gills with liars, manipulators, schemers, and con men with agendas, working to convince you and me to do things that are in their interests but not ours.
However, there is still true stuff in the world, and there is untrue stuff in the world. The problem you and I have is that it takes work to tell which is which. To do that, you have to be able to look at the evidence in a scientific way, not just an emotional way.
Do I believe climate models have any predictive power? No. (Based on my background in modelling.)
Do I want the government-Google-Twitter-Facebook-Hollywood-education complex relentlessly trying to brainwash me and my kids with their agenda? !@#$ no.
Do I believe vaccines are a great boon to health in the world? Yes. (Based on stats and evidence.)
As far as the flu shot is concerned, I really don't think it actually helps. I think it just makes people think it helps them. I've known people with the shot to still get it. Shouldn't they be immune even if others have it?
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Its amazing to me that these viruses show up like clock work every single year. Why is that? Where do these viruses come from? How do they just magically show up? It seems strange to me that a tiny peice of RNA can be all over the place right as winter comes. Idk.
Many infectious diseases do not mutate much. For those, one vaccine can be protective for 10 years (like diptheria). Flu mutates a lot. So you can make a vaccine that is pretty good for a particular strain, but not so great against another strain. Every year, there are multiple strains circulating, and the vaccine folks estimate what the few most-prevalent ones will be, and make the vaccine to that. Sometimes they get it right, sometimes not.
When they don't get it right, the vaccine is going to be less effective, but generally not zero protection. It can still reduce the probability of getting flu, and if you get it, reduce the severity. It is still useful to get it.
Some viruses have been nearly eradicated on the planet. Smallpox, for example. People don't get vaccinated against smallpox anymore because there aren't any cases. (However, because of how deadly it is, countries with bioweapons programs often have weaponsized smallpox. So, if that got loose, and no one is vaccinated anymore, it would be really bad.)
Some viruses are not eradicated. Flu is one of those. It is always around. Because the flu virus lives longer on surfaces in cool weather than warm weather, there is a lot more flu going around in winter, and then much less when the weather warms up. But it's always around in some people, spreading it to other people, and mutating all the time.
Flu can't get through your skin. It's when you get it on your fingers and put them in your mouth, pick your nose, rub your eye, handle your food. Or when a lot more people get it, when they cough or sneeze, and you inhale aerosolized droplets of their mucus.
