Vaccination exemption in CA, personal down, medical up

[Rev. Rye]

That's a bit of a loaded comment.   

It seems extreme to say that parents who don't vaccinate their kids should be criminally punished with child neglect charges. For one, they think they are keeping their kids safe by not vaccinating them. If there is family history of autoimmune disorders, other immune issues, methylation issues, or if they've had a bad experience with vaccines in the past, then I can see why a parent may be hesitant. I don't agree with it, but I don't agree with all this over blown hatred towards these people either. This whole ordeal about villainizing people who are not on "our" side of an argument is where my pushback is coming from here.

But how far really are anti-vexers from parents who refuse medical intervention in favor of prayer?

In theory, they're not so different. That said, one does have a shitload more influence than the other.

How many celebrities do we have who use their power to advocate refusing medical intervention? And how many do we have who use it to speak out against vaccination? Note, there's been a sizable number of Christian Scientists in entertainment. There's surprisingly little evidence of the Christian Scientists in Hollywood using their fame as a platform to promote it the same way Anti-vaxxers today do. One would think that Val Kilmer, who's known to be active in his Christian Scientist congregation when he's not making movies, would find some excuse to crow about the virtues of rejecting medical care.

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Fixed That For Ya. It kind of defeats the purpose of using a comic to comment on an issue when the file is in such a low resolution that the text can't be read. At least the "Peanuts" and "Plain Nuts" were legible.