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Yes, the medical dark ages. Not the metaphorical kind either, but the kind where people die foaming at the mouth because their neighbor decided a rabies shot mi
by nelox 1y ago
Yes, the medical dark ages. Not the metaphorical kind either, but the kind where people die foaming at the mouth because their neighbor decided a rabies shot might cause dog autism. The CDC has apparently chosen the new strategy of “if we ignore it, maybe it will go away,” which worked wonders in the 14th century. Soon, every PTA meeting will double as a plague ward while Etsy sellers crank out crystal collars to protect your doodle from brain inflammation. The irony is perfect: the world’s richest country, armed with billion-dollar labs, yet losing a fight our grandparents solved with a needle and some common sense. When your local ER is triaging between toddlers bitten by strays and adults bitten by TikTok misinformation, maybe then people will realize the dark ages don’t arrive with torches and pitchforks. They arrive with Facebook posts and silence from the institutions that should have known better.
- injidup 1y agoI thought perhaps you were joking but it turns out people are also hesitant to vaccinate their pets. """ About 37 percent of dog owners also believe that canine vaccination could cause their dogs to develop autism, even though there is no scientific data that validates this risk for animals or humans. """ https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2023/nearly-half-of-dog-owners-are-hesitant-to-vaccinate-their-pets/ https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2023/nearly-half-of-dog...
- Michaelangelo19 1y ago[flagged]
- timr 1y ago> I thought perhaps you were joking but it turns out people are also hesitant to vaccinate their pets. Incorrect. Of the respondents to that paper's survey, 84% said that their pets were fully vaccinated for Rabies. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45329845 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45329845
- mulmen 1y agoHow does your highlighted quote refute injidup‘s claim?
- timr 1y agoI didn't "highlight a quote". I showed that the entire paper is invalid. They use poor methodology and base their model of "vaccine hesitance" on a population with self-admitted high rates of vaccination.
- mulmen 1y agoYou literally quoted (with a “>”) and replied to a comment with a highlighted (using italics) quote from the article and told the commenter they are incorrect.
- timr 1y agoThat is because the commenter was incorrect. They cited a bogus study. The study didn't support their claim.
- mulmen 1y agoMaybe so but that’s not clear from your comment which is why I asked for clarification. Clearly you’re unwilling or unable to provide that so there’s nowhere else for this conversation to go.
- injidup 1y agoYour analysis is incorrect. High rates of vaccination does not necessarily correlate with beliefs that the vaccination is unsafe especially in areas where there are severe civil penalties against those who do not vaccinate. It seems you jumped to the conclusion that the study was bogus and doubled down but got your statistical reasoning upside down. You misquoted the study and then claimed it is bogus.