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This is relevant to social media: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/07/firehosing-the-systemic-strategy-that-anti-vaxxers-are-using-to-spread-m
by davidw 7y ago
This is relevant to social media: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/07/firehosing-the-systemic-strategy-that-anti-vaxxers-are-using-to-spread-misinformation https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/07/fireho...
A local legislator backed some vaccination legislation here in Oregon, and she cannot post anything to social media without a horde of people from that crazy death cult popping up to rant and screech.
- Koremat6666 7y agoIt is in appropriate to call other individuals "death cult" or crazy. This does not lead to a constructive discussion on HN and leads to needless flamewars.
- mjcohen 7y agohttps://www.npr.org/2019/12/06/785487606/samoa-arrests-anti-vaccination-activist-as-measles-death-toll-rises https://www.npr.org/2019/12/06/785487606/samoa-arrests-anti-...
- fastball 7y agoTheir behavior is leading directly to more deaths. How is that not crazy / death cult?
- SamReidHughes 7y agoActually it leads indirectly. But there's "vaccines cause autism" people and then there's "a vaccine killed my first baby and I don't want to give that vaccine to my second baby" people. Not to mention the "holy cow the USA has an intense vaccination schedule compared to other countries'" people. The "beep boop vaccinate everybody" attitude is popular because it makes people feel smarter and morally superior to others.
- fastball 7y agoHow many people are there where a vaccine actually killed their baby?
- SamReidHughes 7y agoIt is in fact reasonable for some people to oppose certain vaccination legislation.
- mcguire 7y agoAbsolutely. Vaccines without proper safety and effectiveness results, and those without a decent cost-benefit ratio should not be required. Access to those which are safe and effective should not be denied.