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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, because as PP stated, vaccines are not 100% effective. Their effective rates depend on individual reaction to the shots -- which can vary based on immunocompentency, age, health, and whether they took Tylenol after the shot (really! It lowers the efficacy of vaccines).

It's unlikely that your children will catch a vaccine-preventable disease if they are healthy and have a decent immune response to their vaccines, but that's hard to check without doing some titers. Also, if they ever became immune-compromised (god forbid) or if you have another child, they will be at risk.

Vaccines are a public health issue, and everyone who can (i.e., who is not ill or immunocompromised) should get them. I get that some people are anti-science idiots, but the degree to which supposedly educated people are jumping on the antivax bandwagon is unreal. Particularly given the recent research that links autism to inflammation caused by infection in the pregnant mother and/or neonate. It's sad that people base their decisions on Jenny McCarthy and a fraudulent quack doctor rather than current peer-reviewed research.[/quote]

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