Vaccines

(Matt's voice)

The vaccines thing is driving me crazy. People seem to think that their government has something to gain by secretly poisoning them.

I've actually had some great conversations at work and I've tried my best to encourage people to get vaccines by presenting the evidence for their efficacy and importance.

It's like a seatbelt. Sure, there are very rare circumstances where people can be hurt by their seatbelt but wearing it makes us ten million times safer (or something like that).

Some folks have said "It just seems like they rushed it", in regards to the production of the H1N1 variant vaccine to which I've had to bit my tongue and not say, "Well, how long will you need them to lock it up in the cupboard until you feel ready for it?"

People seem to fear, a great deal more, things that they've DONE PURPOSEFULLY to themselves or their children than things that might occur by chance, even if those chance things are more likely and much more dangerous.

Let us remember that in the past, and in many parts of the world without good vaccine access, children die at an alarming rate from childhood diseases. Smallpox, measles, mumps, rubella, influenza have killed countless millions. Vaccines have, perhaps, been the greatest lifesaving invention of all time (not to mention the only real way to 'boost' your immune system) but we seem ready to fear them at the drop of the smallest piece of misinformation.

Let's let the health professionals keep doing their jobs, and do our part to get vaccinated and keep those who can't get vaccinated (autoimmune disorder etc) safe by not passing it on.