Fuck you, anti-vaxxers

[Yonadav]

[Figbash]

Oh, I agree. There are definitely people throughout the spectrum who don't vaccinate.
And I think social media - Facebook and blogs - have played a large part in disseminating pseudo science.

[bennyboy]

There's a common link: individuals who, despite knowing fuck all about anything, are so confident in their world views that they won't listen to the experts.

Yup, plus the ease with which they can find "data" to confirm their beliefs all over the internet.

The problem is that there are so many idiots that if you take opinions as evidence, then the evidence is always in favor of idiocy.

[brewer]

[Pat Mustard]

Is your child unvaccinated?

If the vaccination rate is too low, then even with vaccination Mini Benny could still catch them.

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Yes mine are. Aside from Dutch reformists and Jewish and Islamic dietary concerns I’m having a difficult time actually finding out what the actual objections to vaccinations are. Any antivaxers care to illuminate me?

Even the religious objections are bullshit.

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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.  The extent to which Wakefield fabricated results and interfered with his patients is breathtahking, and not to mention the fact that the reason he wanted to prove the link between the MMR vaccine and autism was... because he was developing a competitor for the MMR vaccine of his own.

I wrote my thesis on the history of anti-vaccination movements, and while they certainly didn't start with Wakefield, his brand of bullshit is the first to enjoy the broad reach of the internet and mass media to millions of ignorant parents...who themselves are vaccinated.

I try as best I can to not judge people right off the bat for their stances, but in this specific case I agree with the OP.  Fuck anti-vaxxers.  They aren't just putting their own child at risk for easily preventable diseases that haven't been an issue in decades thanks to vaccines, they putting everyone else's children at risk as well.

It's worse than him developing a competing vaccine, he was retained by an ambulance chasing solicitor to fabricate "evidence" of a link (both Wakefield and the solicitor knew there was no actual evidence).

[Yonadav]

[bennyboy]

I'm personally in favor of a few punches to the face.

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Is your child unvaccinated?

Vaccines are not guaranteed to work, especially with repeated exposure, for individuals.  It's when the whole population is vaccinated that things like measles can be completely eliminated-- the numbers just work too hard against transmission. Also, there are some kids who CAN'T get vaccinated due to immune problems-- and if your kid comes into their space with measles, they're likely dunzo. Like those kids don't have it hard enough-- they have to have fuckwits thinking "Well. . . almost everyone is vaccinated, so my extra-special children don't need to go through that. Also. . . a lot of people think the Earth is flat, so probably vaccines cause autism."

And to answer your question-- of COURSE my children are vaccinated. I care about their health, and I care about my responsibilities to my community. I have an internet connection, and it was very easy to determine that vaccines don't cause autism, and provide massive benefits.

Here's the vaccination we really need: one that prevents brains from being affected by Fox News.

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Read if you want: https://www.boredpanda.com/anti-vaxxer-a...gn=organic

zomg why did you do this to me?

I can't stop peeing my pants!

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[awty]

[Mermaid]