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Anyone who is not vaccinated and goes around in public is a danger. It doesn't matter why they aren't, the why doesn't make them more or less of a danger. They
by mhurron 12y ago
Anyone who is not vaccinated and goes around in public is a danger. It doesn't matter why they aren't, the why doesn't make them more or less of a danger. They are all dangers to society.
- k-mcgrady 12y agoI didn't say they were less of a danger. My point was that there mistake can be excused easier due to lack of information. People who are informed about the vaccine and make the decision not to use it however cannot be excused at all as there behaviour is reckless. Attempting to point the blame at the Amish instead of the latter group doesn't seem right to me.
- richardwhiuk 12y agoAren't the Amish deliberately not vaccinated as they deliberately don't have access to the information? How is that different from someone who has access to the information but deliberately chooses to ignore it or disbelieve it?
- larsiusprime 12y agoPut it in perspective before you lash out. We "informed" people know car accidents are a leading cause of preventable death, and yet we kill more people with car accidents than unvaccinated non-car-driving Amish people (who are apparently swiftly adjusting their behavior re: vaccinations, which is a good thing).
- hobs 12y agoI can see why being rude to a people can seem harsh, but both of these child comments (at the moment) seem to be off the mark to me. > The difference is the Amish are willing to change their stance on a technology if it proves to be beneficial to their lifestyle. So are most people, they just have a belief that vaccinations somehow cause more harm them they prevent. Almost like another communities clearly less educated decisions on various topics based on their belief. >The difference is the Amish are willing to change their stance on a technology if it proves to be beneficial to their lifestyle. People are not making choices because they know its the wrong choice to make. Anti-vaxers are dead wrong, but they dont make said choice to spite you, they think its beneficial. I would say that ignorance because of belief or personal choice are basically the same excuse for choosing something that is harming people, and can be easily remedied.
- d4rti 12y agoThe sacred rac is illustrative of people's culture blindness http://www.drabruzzi.com/sacred_rac.html http://www.drabruzzi.com/sacred_rac.html
- Delmania 12y agoThe difference is the Amish are willing to change their stance on a technology if it proves to be beneficial to their lifestyle.
- mikeash 12y agoThese particular Amish are deliberately not vaccinated because of a specific incident where two children supposedly had a bad reaction to a vaccine. It's nothing to do with their access to information, and as far as I can tell nothing to do with their religion either. I really wish people would read the article before making these assumptions. Half the people in here seem to have just seen "Amish" and leapt to the conclusion that Amish people reject vaccinations in the same way that they reject cars and computers.
- herge 12y agoSo are smokers and people who are overweight. Your point?
- mikeash 12y agoOverweight people aren't really a danger to other people. Smokers aren't a danger to other people as long as they keep their smoke away from other people.