Re: Obama Climbs On The Vaccine Bandwagon

PeterB wrote:
> Vaccine is certainly implicated in autism even if it's not likely to
> be the sole trigger.  What's tragic is that vaccine is so completely
> unncessary and without scientific basis.

Really? Ever notice all those kids coming down with polio? Staying home 
from school from measles? Having birth defects from rubella? Not anymore.

Vaccines completely eliminated polio in the Western hemisphrere, nearly 
completely stopped measles (with all cases from sources outside the US), 
decreased invasive Hib disease, nearly eliminated rubella-related birth 
defects, decrease the incidence and severity of chicken pox, decreased 
the rates of diptheria, tetanus and purtussis.

If you want to decrease the chances of your kid from getting sick or 
dying, then vaccines are necessary.

Jeff