Reply #45: I'm not a doctor, I don't know.

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But many very smart people have very thoroughly weighed a number of factors (including finite time and resources available) and decided that it's a good idea. My dad is an epidemiologist though, and he has had to deal with horrible repercussions due to extremely shoddy journalism regarding this issue. He was state epidemiologist for Florida during a time when Donahue had a number of anti-vaccers on espousing their harmful ideology. Of course to be fair, they had on a single pro-vaccination doctor. He had a hell of a time convincing a number of parents of the safety and efficacy of vaccines. He said that this one television show undid far more good than he was capable of counter-acting. There is nothing wrong with questioning the way vaccines are administered. But to condemn vaccines altogether is unconscionable.