1) Source? Please tell me you're not still talking about shedding.
2) The risks of natural infection outweigh the risks of vaccination (remember our chat about cost-benefit analysis?). Perhaps you are aware that 1 in 1,000 individuals who contract the wild measles will end up with an infection that causes inflammation of the brain which often leads to death. In those who are vaccinated with MMR, that number is reduced to 1 in one million. (And before you go on about it wearing off, only 2 shots are required for lifelong immunity from measles.)
You are also completely ignoring the fact that becoming infected with many of the diseases we vaccinate for can result in permanent injury, lifelong problems and/or death. For example, my mother and my grandfather have both had terrible bouts with shingles, which, as you may know, is caused by the chicken pox virus. Both had chicken pox when they were children. Both of my grandfather’s legs were covered in painful, scaly shingles for 2 months, and my mother almost went deaf because the shingles rash had worked its way into her ear canal. Not contracting the disease in the first place seems safer, wouldn’t you say? It is safer to get vaccinated than to contract the actual disease in a great many cases.
Never mind the fact that all of this ignores the existence of people with compromised immune systems and diseases that excludes them from having the chance to be vaccinated. These are children like my niece, people with cancers, people with HIV/AIDS, etc. What do you suggest for these people?
3) Actually it’s known by those who are NOT intellectually lazy and who have actually taken the time to research that data and those who understand how science works. Turns out, the man who cherry picked said data was the intellectually lazy one. This is why I urge you to read scientific publications. Because if you did, you’d already be aware of this. You need to check and verify your sources, rather than just taking someone’s word for it. Primary sources are preferential.
