Personally, I would much rather risk the disease, which may never come, and if it does, subject the child to treatment, rather than inject the poisons and hope it causes no harm.

Vaccines only work through herd immunity. The only reason you even think this way is because you've grown up in a world without polio. Without smallpox. Without measles, mumps, or rubella. These diseases mean nothing to you because you've not seen the ravages caused by them first hand.

There is no cure for polio, so you can't exactly "treat" them, now can you? No, if your child contracts the disease, they end up crippled, paralyzed, or dead. Unfortunately, jail time for you isn't part of that equation, even though what you've done is basically criminal neglect and child endangerment.

Polio has NOT been eradicated.

We already have herd immunity for most disease. My mother's generation did not, and she suffered from pertussis, which we now vaccinate against. It's people like you that are going to compromise the health of the rest of the world, but ironically, it's only your unvaccinated children that will pay the price. It's just too bad that they don't have any say in the matter.

Ahhh, and they lived in such a different time. A time of less knowledge of the nutrient value of different foods. They weren't as hygienic, and they were subject to the elements more as well.

I am not saying that vaccinations are the end-all evil of the world. I am saying, however, that everyone should have the right to decide whether they want to inject them into their children, freely, without being called a "crazy". Just as children die when they may have possibly been saved had they been vaccinated, children die because of being vaccinated as well. The choice then, is – how can you live with yourself best as a parent if either one were to happen? Personally, I would much rather risk the disease, which may never come, and if it does, subject the child to treatment, rather than inject the poisons and hope it causes no harm.