RE: Anti-Vaxxer Sympathy
September 13, 2015 at 3:01 am
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2015 at 3:04 am by Aroura.)
OMg, I have had the worst experiences with modern medicine. That does not mean I don't all modern medicine ever again, or start joining conspiracy theorists who think the government is intentionally poisoning us with them, or whatever batshit thing.
I've had doctors get me hooked on meds, take me off said meds without tapering, treat me like subhuman shit, accuse me of drug seekin, and other highly questiable behaviors. My Sis-in-law had appendicits not too long ago, and after they took it out, they gave her a drug that collapsed her lungs and she nearly died.
A healthy distrust in medicine is is not the same as rejecting it all out of hand because of one bad experience. Vaccines work. There are mountains of evidence. I fell fear (trust me,, I feel fear a lot), but you have to do what you have to do. If you are unwilling to wear a seat belt (even tough onl YOU would die) the governement still makes you, or the fine you. If individual health affects the welfare of everyone, your personal beliefs in that area are not longer acceptable.
I've had doctors get me hooked on meds, take me off said meds without tapering, treat me like subhuman shit, accuse me of drug seekin, and other highly questiable behaviors. My Sis-in-law had appendicits not too long ago, and after they took it out, they gave her a drug that collapsed her lungs and she nearly died.
A healthy distrust in medicine is is not the same as rejecting it all out of hand because of one bad experience. Vaccines work. There are mountains of evidence. I fell fear (trust me,, I feel fear a lot), but you have to do what you have to do. If you are unwilling to wear a seat belt (even tough onl YOU would die) the governement still makes you, or the fine you. If individual health affects the welfare of everyone, your personal beliefs in that area are not longer acceptable.
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― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
