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No, it is not. All medical interventions have a risk, vaccinations included. That is, there is a risk that the intervention itself will cause some harm. But a
by scott_s 12y ago
No, it is not.
All medical interventions have a risk, vaccinations included. That is, there is a risk that the intervention itself will cause some harm.
But all medical interventions also have a risk of doing nothing. It's when the risk of the intervention is less than the risk of doing nothing that we say it's best to do the intervention. As humans, we irrationally place greater emphasis on risks from doing something over the risks from doing nothing. To the point that some who read your point won't even notice the risk on the other side. But this is irrational, and if we want to evaluate what courses of action are most likely to yield good health, we must always consider the risk of doing nothing as well.