Good common sense evidence based suggestions for decreasing SIDS. The only reason millions of people worldwide are not still dying from smallpox and being in iron lungs is because our parents and grandparents made sure we received these vaccines. The world is now free from smallpox and the vaccine is no longer necessary because the disease was eliminated by the vaccine. My friend in second grade was in an iron lung from polio. Luckily I received the vaccine and did not get polio. The only two remaining countries with polio are India and Pakistan. Once they are clear we can stop giving anyone the polio vaccine. Rare deaths from adverse reactions to vaccines need to be weighed against the thousands of lives they save. In 1952 there were 58,000 US cases of polio and 3,000 US deaths from polio.Since 2000 we have had no cases of polio except those brought in from other countries (and no deaths). In 1952 there 700,000 cases of US measles and over 600 US deaths from measles. In 2016 (after the MMR vaccine) there were only 85 cases of US measles and no deaths. Risk vs. benefit is strongly in favor of vaccines.