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Err, the vast majority of vaccines have a colossal amount of government/corporate push even when a cursory look at the history books shows that the vast majority of catastrophic communicable diseases were in decline before mass vaccination programs. The solution? Proper hygiene, clean water and modern sewage treatment. Seriously. Most of these virulent diseases were at their deadliest before Pasteur convinced everyone that "germs" actually do exist. They peaked in fatal potency with mass-migration to cities during the late 18th and early 19th century.

So I can understand the evolution of the thought process that companies like Glaxo-Smith-Kline and Novartis, to say nothing of the well-document link between the WHO and Tamiflu manufacturer during the H1N1 pandemic, have undue influence on whether you take a shot of a polio vaccine for a disease that is literally only spread through contact with infected feces. When's the last time you bathed in shit-filled water?