RE: What is Tyranny?
I am saying that is incompetent parenting. Unless you are both that child's parent and specialized in that field then you are only fueling your own hubris by thinking you know better than the people who have studied this all of their life. Some vaccines may have caused Autism or some kids just have Autism. Whichever is the case the vaccines clearly work. The average human lifespan is increasing generation on generation.
Trying to eliminate all side effects from all medicine is pretty difficult. Until then all we can do is provide the best healthcare possible. I am not saying your or my healthcare system is perfect but it sure helps. Picking and choosing which advice to follow based on a minuscule risk is wrong. To value your own opinion against all the facts because it is your right is dangerous. It is your right to cut off your finger. It is not your right to cut off your childs finger, even inadvertently because you believed wearing safety gloves was hocus pocus.
It is not tyranical to want to protect kids from bad parents. Some people will put their beliefs over what is in the child's best interest so they can feel mighty and have a cause. Until you come up with a better way of protecting kids then don't help propel a stupid idea like not vaccinating your kids is safe or even acceptable. When the right you want is wrong then someone has to protect people from them self.
You clearly want to protect children and the future of humanity but I think you're coming off a little aggressive and are misinformed. It's not just celebrities who are against vaccination, it's people in high up places in the scientific community and medical community. It's easy to call people names, 'ridiculous' and 'gullible' but that will not solve anything. If you'd done the research you wouldn't be parroting the rhetoric that comes from the mainstream. I invite you to watch 'The Truth About Vaccines' and also talk to vaccine injured patients & doctors, parents & scientists that refuse vaccines and are healthy. Keeping an open mind is very important because this is a serious issue and it is very dangerous to attack those who do not hold your own views, whether they are right or wrong.
First off I appreciate your approach to conversation. I do have a tendency to come across aggressive when I feel strongly about something. I do not do it on purpose but, I guess, it bothers me to see people make uninformed decisions. I Don't deny vaccines have side effects. I do however deny that they outweigh the benefits to even the slightest degree. I have noticed many people taking a stand against vaccination in general which is preposterous. I am drunk and spelled preposterous correctly first time so kudos to me. But seriously it is not a matter of being misinformed, it is a matter of people thinking they are more informed than people who are actually informed. So many people are taking medical advice from civilians when doctors genuinely know the best course of treatment. Allowing your child to get caught up in your current political beliefs is just wrong. Unless you can provide a better, safer alternative then you are only purposefully hurting your child for the sake of you not having a better solution.
I agree with your sentiment. A child should never be brainwashed or indoctrinated one way or the other. And some vaccines have been shown to have positive outcomes in the past though....on the current schedule the rise of side effects has been steadily growing since the mid-80's and the hard science is there to back that up. Many doctors have come out against the CDC asking for better studies and alternatives to the current vaccines on behalf of their patients because they are genuinely concerned. I myself am not anti-medicine but....I want all the information possible before I'm going to inject myself, take pills or have surgery.