Wow! I just had a 40 minute conversation with some people who believe the following:

• Vaccines are NOT responsible for the eradication of the terrible infections that ravaged the nation before the mid 1950's. They believe better water and hygiene did the trick.
  


• Vaccines are dangerous and are not subject to any unbiased testing or scrutiny.


• Vaccines are full of dangerous chemicals and metals and unborn baby stem cells.


• Vaccines are responsible for more deaths than they prevent.


• There is a causal relationship between vaccination and incidence of autism.


• Vaccines are not working.


• Through virus shedding, my recently vaccinated toddler poses a greater threat to unvaccinated children than their unvaccinated children pose to other individuals.


• The CDC and other vaccine promoting organizations, as well as medical professionals, stand to gain financially from the continued use of vaccines and, for that reason, are suppressing scientific research that would prove their ineffectiveness and dangers.
  

And there's more...
I politely listened and rebutted a few points and moved on. Although I'm open to learning more, I'm convinced that vaccines have saved millions of lives since they were introduced in the mid 1950's.
Is there a benefit to more independent studies and testing? Sure! Have there been vaccine-related deaths and injuries? Sure! But in my opinion, I'll take that chance confident in the fact that my immunized children are helping protect the rest of the population from diseases that at one time caused incredible pain, sorrow and suffering.
Your comments below?