02-18-2019, 02:53 PM
There's a difference between creating too sterile an environment, and not vaccinating against virulent yet preventable childhood diseases. Not vaccinating your child is simply flat out stupid, and you're rolling the dice against your child possibly dying. Everyone thinks these diseases are just fevers, or something your child can feel bad through. Or that if it does get bad a hospital will fix it. Some children will die as a result of these diseases, hospital intervention or not.
As to a sterile environment. I agree we have gone too far with over clean and antibiotic everything. Children do need to be exposed to bacteria to develop resistance and immunity. There is a reason we get sicker less often as we age....we build up resistance. My daughter was vaccinated. But she was also allowed to dig in the dirt and let the dog lick her face, etc. She is a happy healthy young adult now.
As to a sterile environment. I agree we have gone too far with over clean and antibiotic everything. Children do need to be exposed to bacteria to develop resistance and immunity. There is a reason we get sicker less often as we age....we build up resistance. My daughter was vaccinated. But she was also allowed to dig in the dirt and let the dog lick her face, etc. She is a happy healthy young adult now.
