>SNIP
>>You take the benefits (because our vaccination shields you and your sibship too), but you don't share the risk. Thank you bolshoi.
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>>Agnes
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>FWIW, I agree with you. I know folks (some in my own extended family) who believe as Nicholas does. They take it to the extreme. I practice homeopathic medicine as well whenever I can, but I don't limit it to that method. I don't know if he falls into this category so it's not directed at him, but I am surprised at the folks who insist on laws to protect those who cannot protect themselves or as a means for the safety of the public (seatbelt laws, speeding laws, drinking under age, driving without a license, etc) yet don't feel that immunizations should be treated the same way. Why do they not support mandatory immunizations for everyone on the deadliest of diseases in order to protect the public? I don't see the difference unless they truly believe that immunizations can do more harm than good.

Having my ironc day:
There is no difference. Seatbelt laws and non mandatory immunizations serves the doctors. A dead and a healthy one can not be charged.

>On another note, did you mean "bolshie?"
No. I mean bolshoi -> great as in Bolshoi Theatre.

Agnes