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This anti vaccine movement is so dangerous. Diseases we long ago thought had been erradicated are now causing deaths. Imagine the guilt this poor woman is dealing with.
Sad. I am becoming increasing intolerant of the anti-vaccine movement. I was reading the posts on one of the bigger organizations on Facebook this morning that has an astonishing 100,000 followers, where they were saying the flu vaccine doesn't protect against the stomach flu. Everyone was agreeing that "see, it doesn't work". I was completely flabbergasted at the complete and utter lack of education and understanding.
The baffling thing to me is how celebrity helped to spread this movement. honestly...who would take the medical advice of an uneducated "actress" who now says her son was never autistic in the first place.
I have an autistic child and still get comments from people as to why I would vaccinate his younger sibling. You have no idea how many people believe internet conspiracies until you have a child who has something they think was caused by it.
The baffling thing to me is how celebrity helped to spread this movement. honestly...who would take the medical advice of an uneducated "actress" who now says her son was never autistic in the first place.
An "actress" who smokes, and voluntarily injects the most acutely lethal toxin known to man into her face.
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Originally Posted by aliss2
I have an autistic child and still get comments from people as to why I would vaccinate his younger sibling. You have no idea how many people believe internet conspiracies until you have a child who has something they think was caused by it.
That's a good point, and must be tough to respond to.
I've been pretty passionate about this issue, but I'm reading more and more articles about debating hot issues like this, and it seems to be the right approach is to be more conversational about it, and less argumentative about it. Which is admittedly tough for me because it really bothers me that people are taking advantage of our fairly good "herd immunity" numbers to skip out on doing their part. But, I'm going to strive to stop tossing out the numerous facts that support why one should vaccinate, and just start conversing about it more casually with more people. I've listened to a few NPR stories recently where parents of children who cannot be vaccinated due to health reasons seem to have a much better result when they simply tell their story, rather than arm themselves with all the science. because there's a core group of people who just will deny every piece of information you give them unless it supports a decision they've already made and aren't changing.
and, i just had my physical and got myself updated on DPT...something a lot of adults overlook is we need our boosters too.
That's a good point, and must be tough to respond to.
When I bring my older (autistic) son with my younger one for vaccinations, the nurses always breathe a sigh of relief. Where I live (Canada), these vaccinations are done at large nurse centres rather than doctors, and they call you the day before to make an appointment. Apparently, they often deal with mothers who refuse to bring babies in as a result of Dr. Google. Oy
Sad. I am becoming increasing intolerant of the anti-vaccine movement. I was reading the posts on one of the bigger organizations on Facebook this morning that has an astonishing 100,000 followers, where they were saying the flu vaccine doesn't protect against the stomach flu. Everyone was agreeing that "see, it doesn't work". I was completely flabbergasted at the complete and utter lack of education and understanding.
See...sometimes "minding other people's business" comes in handy.
See...sometimes "minding other people's business" comes in handy.
Erm, public health is everyone's business. I'm not really understanding your point.
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