There are a ridiculous number of factors in why kids get ill and there's certainly no concrete evidence to soley blame vaccines at this point. As the article states I think a bad diet and lifestyle contribute most to sicknesses and illnesses these days. It's interesting that that study is based on home schooled kids. What was the reason for studying them as opposed to others? Because they don't get vaccinated at school? You could perhaps argue that other factors were involved and homeschool kids were less likely to mix with other children and were therefore lkess likely to catch diseases. They may also be on better diets and lead a more active lifestyle if that's something their parents actively encourage.


I think it's healthy to debate. There are pros and cons of any vaccination or medicine and sometimes both have side effects -- some we don't find out about until much later on when the damage has already been done. I agree that some vaccinations have effectively wiped out certain diseases in the western world so it's not like they're all bad but some do also have side effects and I'm sure there's many that do damage in other ways that we don't know about or fully understand yet.