I make no claim to be an expert in vaccination and public health statistics, and I make no apology to those readers who I have offended by stating my views. Again, I will state that my intentions are not to encourage parents or individuals not to vaccinate their children, but I am encouraging people to look into all of the information and then make your choice. Be reminded that there are children locally who have had severe vaccine reactions that have left them with long term disabilities as a result. Even recent letters to the editor have shown this. In many cases the risks of vaccinations may far outweigh the risks of getting the disease, nor does the vaccine guarantee that someone will never develop the disease vaccinated against.
Medical science is far from scientific and mistakes are made.
As your editorial stated, the oral polio vaccine is no longer used because of its dangers. What vaccines and other medications will we look back upon 30 years from now that were discontinued because they proved to be more of a risk than a benefit.