Are mandatory vaccinations good or bad for us?

[Rath]

Gilgamesh said:

Rath said:
The anti-vaccination movement is stupid, irrational and dangerous. There are few fields of pseudo-science that I dislike more simply because vaccination is so critical. If you keep vaccination levels above a certain percentage it keeps an entire population safe, if it falls below that level you get epidemics.

Statistically the risks from getting a vaccination are miniscule and the risks from not getting vaccinated are high. It's foolish to not get vaccinated against things like measles, mumps and rubella. This image from wikipedia shows why.


Hell, polio has practically been wiped out and smallpox has been wiped out purely due to vaccination.

Why on earth does your girlfriend not believe in hospitals? That's really just stupid.

It's complicated her mother does a different type of "healing" when people are sick. I dunno the details all's I know is a lot of people believe in it she's got business'  all over Canada.

Urgh. Fake 'healers' are a bane on society that cause pointless deaths.