The Pros And Cons Of Vaccinating Children

[CreekDog]

Here are the cases for and against vaccinating children:

PROS

Helps out pharmaceutical industry
Get to puncture child with needle
Old family syringe shop depends on it
Habituates children to the pain of existence
Flies in face of science by discrediting single unanimously refuted paper from 10 years ago
Healthier children equals friendlier waiters at Chili’s down the line
Could save a few million children’s lives

CONS

You have to go to a place
Chance of developing autism 100 percent
Puts the onus of character-building entirely on sports
Without suffering through diphtheria, the flu, and measles, American children will become effete, pampered do-nothings
Free lollipops promote unhealthy eating habits
Child won’t get to be kindergarten’s Typhoid Mary
Bullies parents into slavishly following actions recommended by decades of physicians’ peer-reviewed research that establishes an irrefutable scientific consensus

http://www.theonion.com/articles/the-pros-and-cons-of-vaccinating-children,35731/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:1 efault&recirc=technology

[AcertainLiz]

1. Pros outweigh the cons for sure

That is the real pros and cons. The reality is vaccination is necessary and isn't some evil conspiracy.

[REP]

2. Back in my day, we all got polio and smallpox and we LIKED it!

Spoiled punk kids these days think an iron lung is one of their electric music bands! Harumph! No character, I tells you! Soft!

[Dr Hobbitstein]

3. I was about to get really pissed off...

Then I saw the URL. Gotta love The Onion.

[Iggo]

4. "You have to go to a place"

[theboss]

5. Pros: You don't get horrible 19th Century diseases

Cons: Those little bastards scream a lot when they get shots

[kysrsoze]

6. Funny, but the reality is sickening. Link to percentage of non-vaccinated Illinois students...

http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/Vaccination-Rates-Low-For-Chicagoland-Schoolchildren-254286701.html

This is becoming frightening. You have to go a LONG way down the list to get to schools where the percentage of students who are not vaccinated drops below 20% of the student population. We are in for BIG trouble if this continues.