Are mandatory vaccinations good or bad for us?

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Metallicube said:

Good for kids and old people/ those with weak immune systems? Yes. Good for anyone else? No. Better to let your immune system work itself and do its own thing. It's like George Carlin says, your immune system needs germs to practice on.

And I don't know about you, but I don't exactly trust getting shot with high concentrations of mercury into my bloodstream. Those who create the vaccines will always be one step behind anyway, since there will always be new viruses out there that are immune to it.

Yes, letting your immune system practice on measles, mumps, rubella, smallpox, polio, tetanus etc. would be a great thing /sarcasm

It's true that exposure to germs strengthens your immune system, however exposure to deadly diseases kills/cripples people. Also the vaccines haven't fallen behind - smallpox is now only in labs, polio is nearly gone too and measles, mumps and rubella have all been drastically reduced.