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OE's entries scrutinising the vaccination debate are aimed at producing a clearer understanding of vaccination risks to children and, ultimately, to help parents minimise these risks.

We examine the risks vs the benefits equation and the kinds of possible chronic adverse effects of vaccination, specifically neurologic and immunologic disorders and death.

The ultimate decision-makers on vaccination issues (eg, which vaccines are to be used, at what ages are vaccines to be given, or whether to vaccinate a child at all) are a child's parents, and the ultimate criterion for for basing that decision is the reward-risk equation applied to an individual child.
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It seem's that the rationale behind mass vaccination is the reward-risk equation applied to the population (the greater good principle), rather than its application to individual cases.

However, surely it is better science to gauge vaccination suitability on a case-by-case level that takes into account individual susceptibility to the potential neurological-based side effects of vaccines[1], instead of indiscriminate, 'herd' vaccination.

Both sides in the vaccination debate make accusations of bias and clearly, observers can readily and clearly see that logical and cognitive shortcomings apply to both sides.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-children-deserve-our-doubts-450522.html