Vaccination

 

 

An apology to Jonathan Swift

Swift proposed to solve the food problem. "A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragout."

Now we have a world population problem where soon humans will outstrip the planet's resources. We are also in the middle of a Covid pandemic where as of today there have been some 5.4 million deaths. Many of them were elderly, and will not change reproduction rates since they are long beyond child-bearing capacity, but those of child-bearing age have also succumbed.

At the same time of nations are pushing vaccinations and this has reduced those dying from the virus.

Vaccinations over the centuries have stopped many diseases that were automatic killers.

If we stopped all vaccinations, than deaths would once again go up.

 Smallpox which first appeared in the 1500s was eradicated once there were vaccinations. John Adams, 2nd U.S. president was one of the first to see the value of a smallpox vaccine.  Outbreaks are now rare but during its heyday half a million deaths were the norm. Those that lived were scarred. Thus by re-introducing the virus and not having any vaccinations, we would be able to reduce the population by a billion people every two years.

Before Salk's polio vaccine, epidemics were common. Depending on the year from the early 1900s to the development of the vaccine in the 1950s annual deaths were anywhere from 30,000 to 50,000. Granted smallpox was a better way to keep population under control, but often victims were young which meant the chances of reproduction were reduced.

There is a monetary advantage to increasing polio cases. Many people who didn't die could no longer breathe on their own. Iron lungs will be needed to help the patients breathe the rest of their life would provide entrepreneurial opportunities.

Of course, there are childhood diseases that used to provide fatal such as measles, mumps, chicken pox, scarlet fever ... Although many children lived, those that didn't would never add to the population, another control. 

Some 59,000 people die each year world wide from Tetanus also known as lockjaw for its muscle spasms. When people have a bad wound it is almost automatic they will get a tetanus vax booster. If we stopped giving those vaccinations that would help reduce the population too. 

Every little bit counts.

So maybe we should give in to the anti-vaxers and stop giving any vaccinations. Let nature take its course.