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Just to give some perspective. These are some examples of what vaccination is up against : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2727330/ http://www.ncbi
by iofj 11y ago
Just to give some perspective. These are some examples of what vaccination is up against :
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2727330/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2727330/
The situation is improving slowly, but only in a few ways. It used to be the case that both the mainstream of islam and extremists were against vaccination (and even now the mainstream is wary of it : apparently it proves allah doesn't have power, and of course the disease and it's effects is the fault of the vaccine, not a major flaw of allah).
But extremists are as much against polio vaccination as ever. Apparently they're going to defeat the world with "muslim wombs" and polio vaccination is apparently really a secret plot to make them infertile. (in a way it is of course : more surviving children will extinguish one of the main reasons for having many children, and if it happens the same as in the west in the 20th century, number of children will drop by a lot)
One more thing daesh and muslims are fighting to "save" : http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/data/upimages/polio_victim_afghanistan.jpg http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/data/upimages/polio_victim_a...
- tokenadult 11y agoThe first article you link, "Religious Opposition to Polio Vaccination," Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Jun; 15(6): 978. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2727330/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2727330/ is quite helpful. Significantly, it was published two years before Osama Bin Laden's compound was discovered and he died.