I guess we land somewhere on the spectrum, like everyone. In our case, we might be near the middle.
We're both pretty scientifically-backgrounded folks, so we definitely don't take chances with the biggies. At the same time, we also probably err most "neutral" cases on the side of not messing with the system. Some might consider some of our outlooks "hippie"-ish, but i think we just like to keep a stricter eye on how much we don't know. A few studies and a few years' use doesn't necessarily constitute a solid case for use of a vaccine in our eyes, for example. If there's a real threat, we'll take it, of course, but if it's something low-risk where we can just watch for symptoms and treat accordingly, we'd just as soon pass.
It helps that we have a pediatrician whose very respectful and empowering about this stuff. He'll answer the questions and not pressure us either way, which saves us having to be rocket-science experts in everything just to make a case for ourselves either way.
We're definitely not the type to blanketly denounce all vaccines as evil or anything, though, which sounds more like that you're talking about. Yes, the world was an ugly place without 'em, and we're down with that.
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Date: 2007-02-05 07:04 pm (UTC)I guess we land somewhere on the spectrum, like everyone. In our case, we might be near the middle.
We're both pretty scientifically-backgrounded folks, so we definitely don't take chances with the biggies. At the same time, we also probably err most "neutral" cases on the side of not messing with the system. Some might consider some of our outlooks "hippie"-ish, but i think we just like to keep a stricter eye on how much we don't know. A few studies and a few years' use doesn't necessarily constitute a solid case for use of a vaccine in our eyes, for example. If there's a real threat, we'll take it, of course, but if it's something low-risk where we can just watch for symptoms and treat accordingly, we'd just as soon pass.
It helps that we have a pediatrician whose very respectful and empowering about this stuff. He'll answer the questions and not pressure us either way, which saves us having to be rocket-science experts in everything just to make a case for ourselves either way.
We're definitely not the type to blanketly denounce all vaccines as evil or anything, though, which sounds more like that you're talking about. Yes, the world was an ugly place without 'em, and we're down with that.