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There will be a switch when parents fear the disease more than the vaccine. Rates will go up again.
by ArtDev 10y ago
There will be a switch when parents fear the disease more than the vaccine.
Rates will go up again.
- jdoliner 10y agoPossibly, I think the anti-vaxxer movement has more to do with a distrust of authority, particularly scientific authority, than it has to do with an actual fear of autism. If / when a measles outbreak happens there's still a question if people will be willing to accept medical science as an answer to the problem or if it'll be cast again as the villain. People are starting to distrust science, and there's no guarantee that scary diseases will change that, even if it seems to us here on HN as if it should.
- hckr1292 10y agoAny suggestions for how to talk about the hazards of not vaccinating with loved ones who don't agree?
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- moultano 10y agoPictures of dead/maimed children.
- some-guy 10y agoRarely do I get into Facebook arguments online, but this seemed to be the best solution -- posting picture after picture of children with measles and polio.
- bigtex 10y agoBe sure to also read all the stories of healthy, active teenage girls who after getting the Gardisil shot had their health severely decline. Then read story after story of these same girls (all over the world) being told all their symptoms were made up and that they needed to see therapists instead of medical doctors. This type of behavior is why more and more people are questioning vaccines and their safety. The medical community acts as though vaccines have 0 side effects, even though the drugs clearly state they have side effects. I have read countless stories of parents whose child experience severe reactions right after vaccination and then the pediatrician or ER doctor never even thinks to consider that maybe the vaccine caused the problem. I have a sister in law who when she was a young girl got a vaccination and then within 24 hours was unable to walk for several days, basically paralyzed. This caused her mother, who is an ER doctor, to delay vaccinations for her younger siblings. I just wish the vaccine establishment would just be honest and admit that some children have to suffer or even die for the benefit of the "herd".
- dpatru 10y ago> I just wish the vaccine establishment would just be honest and admit that some children have to suffer or even die for the benefit of the "herd". I think this is the problem. If doctors told parents that their child could die or become paralyzed from vaccination, and that they can't predict it or stop it, then vaccinations would be much less popular. So the establishment lies for a good cause (to protect the herd).
- moultano 10y agoHow did you find this site and what makes you interested in posting here?
- DanBC 10y agoAsk them how they'd feel if their child went blind from measles.
- nikanj 10y agoI predict church donations and anti-minority violence going up rather than vaccination rates. Them gays brought the ire of god upon this nation, and killed my poor baby!
- slang800 10y agoTrue, but their actions aren't isolated to themselves, so I'd rather see disease rates not increase. Enough exposure can still infect vaccinated people, and we end up needing to pay for unvaccinated people when they get sick. If unvaccinated people could be easily avoided and economically separated, they I'd totally be fine with them choosing to put themselves in danger.