Fuck you, anti-vaxxers

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Probably the best thing that lunatic mum with unvaccinated toddler could would be to have the little girl adopted by parents who aren't ignorant idiots and who would vaccinate the child.

Boru

[bennyboy]

That's the one that link was about that I said made me pee my pants. At this point, I'm wondering if not vaccinating should be considered child neglect-- I don't know if I'd take a child away over it, but maybe a large fine or even criminal charges.

[The Grand Nudger]

at least a fine...we love fines.

[Fireball]

^ And use the money to pay for an immunization or two.

[arewethereyet]

Just saw a post on FB that was followed by a long list of comments regarding how having measles is sssssooooo much better than Autism caused by the vaccines pushed by Big Pharma. It's too early in the morning to deal with that much stupid.

[bennyboy]

Yep. Even if it were true, the net good in vaccines would make it worth doing. Save X kids, Y kids become autistic, do the numbers. . . And then take into account that it was never true, not even when the "research" first came out, and what do you have? Sheeple who hear each other bleating loudly, and think that bleating is evidence for anything but ignorance.

[Dr H]

Some people got into their heads, that vaccines cause autism, among other things. It's mostly conspiracy theory nonsense, but it's been gaining momentum among the general public, largely because of one fraudulent medical study from 20 years ago and support of dim-witted and/or misinformed celebrities.

It's mostly completely conspiracy theory nonsense.  The Wakefield study has been so discredited that it's an indictment against the Lancet that they even allowed it to be published at all.

Not only has the Wakefield study been discredited, The Lancet  retracted Wakefield's article, and Wakefield's medical license has been revoked.

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Ehhh, there are plenty of left hippy new agers that don't vaccinate as well.  It's not really a super partisan issue.  The lefty healing crystal chakra-aligning granola-munching west coast is just as anti-science as parts of the right.

True.  As witness the current measles outbreak -- on the west coast.

[Jackalope]

Now it might very well be that there's a large number of liberal antivaxxers out west, but ground zero of the current outbreak isn't exactly a hotbed of liberalism. Quite the opposite. (Source: me, I live there).

[brewer]

Gonna stick this here, ya know, just in case.: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/

[The Grand Nudger]

Wasn't it just a few months ago that it came out in the wash that the antivaxxers were targeting somali immigrants in minnesota?   Have these asshats just up and got themselves a wagon to travel the countryside peddling snakeoil to rubes, lol?