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Does this have anything to do with the measles outbreak and the ensuing vaccination/anti-vaccination debate in California?
by notNow 11y ago
Does this have anything to do with the measles outbreak and the ensuing vaccination/anti-vaccination debate in California?
- redletterdear 11y agono; read the article it's in the 50's
- Lingster 11y agoDamn! There goes my "Get those Hippies" theory..
- ypcx 11y agoNo, this happened in a parallel universe with evil governments. No such thing in our universe.
- emodendroket 11y agoYep. These bacteria are well known for causing measles after a six-decade incubation period.
- knodi123 11y agoI once drove my car during a flash flood, and wound up flooding the engine and ruining it. When my grandfather found out, he asked "Do you think this Osama Bin Laden guy could have had anything to do with it?" "No, Grandpa, but thanks for your concern. I don't think there's any mystery here."
- crpatino 11y agoJust marginally. AFAIK, the bacteria used in this experiment is not related to measles. However, there is the fact that the US government (all governments really) have repeatedly been found to inflict these kinds of nefarious deeds on their own people AND that they have a tendency to cover up those facts (not all governments are such hypocrites, some are proudly jerks) AND that the general public is often unaware or unwilling to admit it after the fact has been brought to light. So, this is the kind of thing that reinforces the world view of the AntiVaxer side. Every time you try to reason with them, the label "cover-up" comes to their mind and they just disengage and shut down whatever you are trying to convey. Keep trying long enough, and they will label you as a "sheep" (a member of the willingly unaware public) or a "wolf in sheep skin" (basically, and agent provocateur).