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The only reason you know that Tamiflu is useless is "cynical monsters" like me who bite the hand that feeds them. As far as spacing doses, just like anything e
by apathy 10y ago
The only reason you know that Tamiflu is useless is "cynical monsters" like me who bite the hand that feeds them.
As far as spacing doses, just like anything else it's subject to revision.
Nonavalent HPV vaccines produce antibodies against nearly every HPV variant known, reduce the likelihood of HPV integration, and for someone who has verified that at least a quarter of head & neck squamous, almost half of anal, and far better than half of cervical carcinomas show HPV integrations, typically right into the middle of tumor suppressors or onto oncogene promoters, this is a big deal. These cases are preventable. Not preventing them, when it's relatively cheap and available, is (to me) APPALLING.
The antivaxxer pricks are cynical for relying on the rest of us, who are responsible enough to assume a TINY risk to our kids in order to protect them and others, to take the risks so they can enjoy the benefits of herd immunity.
If that isn't the definition of cynical, I don't know what is. It's on a level with the Soviets celebrating the "eradication" of smallpox while internally working to weaponize it.
Provided a child develops appropriate immunity by the time they're regularly interacting with others, I could care less about the spacing. But that's not really what this is about, is it?
If you have kids and you don't get them vaccinated on an appropriate schedule, you are being a cynical prick. If you fight HPV vaccination because it might "make girls promiscuous", you are a cynical prick. You are presuming to judge risks for others, risks which we as a society have determined are unacceptable. And that makes you a cynical prick, if indeed you do it. (Maybe you're playing devils advocate, I don't know. But I really hate this line of reasoning, and on balance, it doesn't hold water.)
- nikolay 10y agoSorry, but Tamiflu is an anti-viral drug, not a vaccine, and it is effective. Everybody's entitled to their opinion, and instead of low-class name calling, which is what cynical pricks do for a living, use solid arguments, and clever policies. So far, there's being only arrogance from the pro-vaxxer community.
- apathy 10y agoI see. Where's your rebuttal regarding nonavalent Gardasil, the actual topic of conversation here? When you can provide some evidence (any evidence, really) that the immediate risks outweigh the benefits, I'll be impressed. Meanwhile, enjoying the benefits of herd immunity while other people and their kids take the risks is the definition of cynicism.