I refuse to vaccinate myself or my son. My husband won't do it, either. My rationale: if you don't allow your body to come into contact with germs and viruses, then how will your body know how to fight it off naturally and build up your immune system? I also didn't get my son (or step-daughters) the chicken pox vaccine, and instead insisted that they contract the actual virus to give them lifelong immunity; all 3 had chicken pox at the same time, and not one has ever had any problems in the 10 years since.

We're all too germ-a-phobic these days. Anti-bacterial soaps, parents insisting their children receive anti-biotics for a common cold, etc. And when they DO get sick, their bodies don't k...

I refuse to vaccinate myself or my son. My husband won't do it, either. My rationale: if you don't allow your body to come into contact with germs and viruses, then how will your body know how to fight it off naturally and build up your immune system? I also didn't get my son (or step-daughters) the chicken pox vaccine, and instead insisted that they contract the actual virus to give them lifelong immunity; all 3 had chicken pox at the same time, and not one has ever had any problems in the 10 years since.

We're all too germ-a-phobic these days. Anti-bacterial soaps, parents insisting their children receive anti-biotics for a common cold, etc. And when they DO get sick, their bodies don't know how to handle it, and they end up VERY sick. If they'd just stopped sanitizing everything (including their children), they might not have such a severe reaction to something so small.