Infectious disease is a matter of fact, not opinion. No amount of wishing will make it otherwise. It is a matter of fact, not opinion, that if many parents are frightened into avoiding vaccination, some children will become sick unnecessarily, and some may suffer disability or die. It certainly behooves all parents, and certainly all Christians to seek out the truth, not just an 'opinion' that may happen to dovetail with ours politically. It is imperative that parents act on valid and reliable medical and scientific information when making vaccine decisions, not half-baked 'opinions' and faulty conclusions resulting from wrong or incomplete information.
Vaccines are in some ways victims of their own success.
Because of vaccines, most of the diseases they prevent are quite rare nowadays. As was the case with my friend, these diseases do strike in persons who are not immune. The bottom line is that parents deserve facts, not fallacies. I would like to close with a few recommendations for those who are interested in this topic 1. Your first and best source of vaccine information is your own trusted pediatrician.