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I think it's pretty clear from my post that I do not believe those arguments. I'm asking how to debunk them because I'm a software engineer, not a biologist or
by purplethinking 8y ago
I think it's pretty clear from my post that I do not believe those arguments. I'm asking how to debunk them because I'm a software engineer, not a biologist or doctor. I do not have the time nor competency to read research papers in medicine. I think it would be very useful if there was some trustworthy source that put together all the facts, debunking anti-vaxxing all together, all at once.
- notacoward 8y agoThimerosal in vaccines (which it mostly isn't): https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/thimerosal/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/thimerosal/index.... https://www.nvic.org/faqs/mercury-thimerosal.aspx https://www.nvic.org/faqs/mercury-thimerosal.aspx Herd immunity: https://thoughtscapism.com/2015/04/20/the-simple-math-of-herd-immunity/ https://thoughtscapism.com/2015/04/20/the-simple-math-of-her... Effectiveness of vaccines: https://medium.com/@visualvaccines/graphic-proof-that-vaccines-work-with-sources-61c199429c8c?hc_location=ufi https://medium.com/@visualvaccines/graphic-proof-that-vaccin... It's no accident that measles outbreaks have started to recur in the US, with a very strong correlation to rates of vaccine refusal. California is a good example; multiple outbreaks there have been directly linked to the prevalence of parents abusing the "personal belief" exemption to refuse vaccinations. The OP here is another example of this exceptionally close relationship. Correlation doesn't equal causation, of course, but the "experiment" has been done over and over many times in many different populations and the results are always the same: failure to vaccinate allows previously eliminated diseases to come back.
- purplethinking 8y agoThanks, the post on herd immunity looks very good.