Warbler said:

*shrugs shoulders*

perhaps he meant decreasing the world population by preventing reproduction rather than by killing people?

Very possibly. It's also possibly not what he meant to say. I would like to think that you're right, and that he meant preventing reproduction (although I question what makes him the moral authority on that). I still fail to see any logical reason to mention "vaccines" and "reducing population" in the same sentence. I don't see the parallel, or more accurately, I don't "want" to see a parallel. I'm sure that Baxter thing was an accident. And the Bayer episode where they pulled drugs for hemophiliacs off the U.S. market because it was contaminated with the HIV virus, and then shipped them off European and Latin American markets instead is probably just nonsense too. ;-) Bottom line for me is that *many* vaccines are safe and have been proven safe. Kids should be vaccinated against deadly diseases using known safe vaccines but not in large quantities at once (I never had 9 vaccines at once when I was a child and most people over the age of, say, 20 probably haven't either). Anyone who completely dismisses "out-of-hand" ANY links to a "known" neurotoxin (thimerosal) and neurological disorders is "optimistic" at best, and misinformed at worst. And, finally, anyone who believe vaccine makers have good safety records, good safety protocols, and have our interests in mind over financial interests...well, lets just say I've got a bridge they may like to consider purchasing.