I'm just wondering where you all stand on vaccines. I'm sure plenty of people get them, but I know plenty of people who are afraid of them, and refuse to get them or have their children vaccinated...they think the government is putting something/things in them to control people somehow (sterilize them? make them weak?).

I used to be in the latter camp, not because I believed there was any conspiracy (I don't know that I even really thought of it), but because I was a heavy natural/alternative medicine advocate; I had the "organic fetish." (the Natural Cures book by Kevin Trudeau was practically my bible).

now I'm not sure what to think, especially after reading Denialism by Michael Specter (his viewpoint is basically the opposite of everything I normally read).

apparently there is this conspiracy to wipe out 3/4ths of the population, whether strictly by the use of vaccinations or by other means as well...is this even a real possibility? it just sounds crazy to me. I don't know. help me out here.