>>>Just goes to show that there are differing views in every place. Nicholas' kids had no vaccines (if I understood him correctly).
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>>thats correct and I have no intention of ever having a flu vaccine either
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>Once again, I ask why not? FWIW, when I asked my doctor whether I should get a flu vaccine (a couple of years ago--I was maybe 48), his response was that everyone should.
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>You feel this way about all vaccines, no matter what they're for and what the risks are? If you'd been a parent when the polio vaccine came out, would you have not immunized your kids? (FWIW, I remember standing in line for that one.)
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>What are these risks that you feel outweigh the benefits?
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>Tamar

We have always used alternative medicine (homeopathy) .

For that reason discussing it with most (though not all) doctors would be fairly pointless.

Nick