To Vaccinate or Not

[Monica]

Pharmaceuticals, medicine and certain government-sponsored disability and health care programs have allowed my youngest son to live a normal life here in the USA.  So I do not disparage the benefits simply because there are problems.  It is inevitable in a system where health care is a market based commodity, rather than a system founded on good public health policy that there will be problems.  My prayer is we will have safeguards in place to protect those who are harmed.

The medical system has saved my life twice, and my son's life once. I am very grateful that our medical system shines so brightly in acute situations.

Acknowledging that there is also corruption, alongside a shining, top-notch service, doesn't disparage the medical system. It simply acknowledges both sides.

With respect to the video - no Monica, I did not watch it.  My preference is to get my information from sources that are not designed to promulgate one side or another but simply provide the facts.  Thank you for sharing though.

This is exactly what I'm talking about. The general mainstream consensus is that the 'official' info is accurate and unbiased. But what if that's not true? All sources have biases.

It seems to me that declining to consider other points of view is to miss out on potentially important information. I prefer to view info from a variety of sources, keeping in mind that none of them are without bias, and cross-reference everything, and continually be open to new information. Limiting oneself to only the 'official' sources is to put one's trust in the authority, and deny the possibility that they could be lying to you.

Case in point: The first video I posted. This shows an actual graph from the CDC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oYAVLDyR6Y All of it is well worth watching, for the science. See, in particular, the polio graph at 39:18.

Granted, the 2nd video was from an unabashedly anti-vaccine site. But not this one. This is a video of researchers presenting actual data from the CDC...data that the mainstream has covered up. I invite you to see for yourself.