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Originally Posted by Kybosh
I'm just pointing out that for every medicinal treatment, highly detailed studies are conducted (way more detailed than many people realize). It's not like there haven't been any studies into vaccines. Nearly every conceivable facet of any treatment is investigated. I don't have time to get into details right now (game night!) but trust me on this. Besides, if you had every peer reviewed publication in your hands on vaccinations what good would it really do the general public? I'm more qualified than most and I STILL have a hard time comprehending a lot of the data in immunology or pharmacology or related sciences. It is not a simple topic, not even remotely.
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Interesting. I don't doubt you on this point at all. I was not aware that vaccines were proven to lack side effects to the extent that most here understand to be the case.
I think I'm to the point where I can agree that for life threatening conditions with a realistic likelihood of contact where one lives within one's lifetime, it's almost (if not) always prudent to get vaccinated.
Here's another semi-facet to the debate (sorry if this steers things off topic)... vaccines for non-life threatening conditions. The one example that comes immediately to mind is influenza vaccinations. I am not a fan of the fact that I am legally required for my work (in education) to get vaccinated for something against my will. This doesn't get me enraged, I don't write nasty letters about it, etc, etc, but it does bother me a little that I don't have the freedom to choose whether or not I want to get vaccinated for something like the flu.
Am I a danger to society or the workplace I am in if I don't get a flu shot??