Anti-Vaxxer Sympathy

[Redbeard The Pink]

Honestly Redbeard I've been the only one to post anything scholarly in this thread. Here's another:





As to my previous post YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MADE THE CLAIM THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST GO AND ACCESS ANOTHER SERVICE. So either back it up or retract it. Healthcare services are public services for everyone. You can't come back and say "you can't make reference to minorities" that isn't a valid response.

If you're really going to play that card then read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from which I quote:

Article 21.
   (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.

The minorities you're talking about aren't the people we're describing as "Anti-Vaxxers." Those people fail to access healthcare for completely different reasons that need to be addressed in completely different ways. Their fear and non-knowledge is primarily a matter of cultural limitation. Suggesting that those people are dumb or lazy for not getting health care would indeed be victim blaming, and the problems that prevent those people from getting care absolutely need to be addressed.


Those are not Anti-Vaxxers. Anti-Vaxxers are people who have access to vaccines and proper medical information but willfully choose not to get vaccines (for themselves and/or their children) because of irrational fears and/or bad ideas. Unlike the minorities you describe, their mistrust is less often caused by cultural norms or lack of options than by willful ignorance and lack of critical thinking skills coupled with incidental exposure to damaging information. Those people should be educated (as politely as possible), the ones that won't be educated should be shamed, and the ones that are beyond shame should should not be allowed to participate in consensual society since they refuse to follow its rules. That's how bad ideas are generally handled. Lots of people get the soft approach and get the picture, and some people aren't so lucky or rational. Such is life.