Why? Because I have seen to much. I have seen the devastation of pneumococcal meningitis, looked after a two week old with whooping cough. I can't count the amount of babies with very severe dehydration caused by rotavirus gastroenteritis that i have cared for. My grandmother just survived diphtheria. My aunt has post polio syndrome. Thankfully I have only seen videos of children with epiglottitis caused by HiB. I never want my children to have to go through that, or anyone else's. It never, ever occurred to me not to vaccinate my children.