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Anti-Vaxxer Tries To Shut Down People Who Are Pro-Vaccine, Gets A Perfect Comeback

Just 2 weeks after a shocking incident fiercely reignited the vaccination debate, another blow has been dealt with the anti-vaxxer firewall after a genius analogy against their logic (or lack of any common sense) went viral.

The widely-shared image, which compares vaccination to a bridge and disease to crocodile-infested waters, came accompanied by a short Facebook debate – the brevity of which was only due to an anti-vaccine commentator being brutally shut down by a science blog. The savage comeback was caught on screenshots and posted on Imgur, where it quickly made the front page with over 11 thousand upvotes.

Vaccine-preventable diseases are still a threat to children, notably measles, which has made a frightening comeback in the US and Europe. If this, paired with the plethora of research confirming vaccines to be safe and necessary, doesn’t serve as enough pro-vaccine ammo in your next argument over the issue, use this post as one of the best comebacks possible.

This analogy against ‘anti-vaxxer logic’ is going viral, and it’s reigniting an important discussion

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Reactions from other users were overwhelmingly in support of the pro-vaxxer’s shattering argument

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What do you think? Does the bridge analogy accurately describe the vaccine debate? Weigh in below!

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lazy panda 7 years ago

Honestly, if you would rather allow your child to die from an illness that can be prevented instead of running the risk of developing autism (which has been shown to be false time and time again), you don't deserve to be a parent. It's that simple. And as for the ones who don't want "poison" put into their children's bodies: you better lock them in a damn closet so they never touch alcohol, drugs, or any other form of medication.

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Master Markus 7 years ago

Yep. Also, the "study" that linked vaccines and autism was penned by Andrew Wakefield, a legally proven FRAUD. Seriously, if anyone is anti-vaccines, they should look at the actual evidence. The man lied, and everyone in the medical community knows he lied, and now he gets money from foolish people because he lies and tells them the conspiracies they want to hear. To any conspiracy theorists: just because you don't trust the government doesn't mean you should trust everyone who says something bad about them. We don't die from illnesses like smallpox that often now BECAUSE of vaccines, not in spite of them, and the increase in autism diagnoses is mostly down to the changing definition of what is considered autism rather than autism actually just making a sudden appearance (psychology is very complex and requires frequent changes in medical diagnosis and practice based on new discoveries and research).

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Daria B 7 years ago

Or never let them breathe air, you know, it's too polluted.

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La 7 years ago

Additionally, people decreasing/blocking herd immunity for those few that are allergic or otherwise to vaccines.

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Freya the Wanderer 7 years ago

I am autistic, and far from being a handicap or a disability, it helps me see the world in a unique way. I am successful and have a lot of friends and a full social life.

7points

Nanette Cordell 7 years ago

Not just alcohol, drugs and medications... don't dare ever eat a processed food... OR eat a genetically modified food.... better go move somewhere you can live off the land and grow your own and hunt.... be safe.....

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James Titanium-Chef 7 years ago

And... Jenny McCarthy

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Javier Mir 7 years ago

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Cat Meow 7 years ago

The analogy doesn't necessarily go into the part of how the anti-vaxxers choice of swimming through that water affects all pro-vaxxers whose children aren't even old enough to get vaccinated or already have health issues that requires a different vaccination schedule (like, there are vaccinations that cover multiple diseases at once, but due to health circumstances, the person in question can't get the single shot but instead needs to get the vaccination for one disease at a time spread out over time). And a random, but relevant side story: Back when I was in high school, I had a teacher whose daughter was born deaf because one of her students had measles or chicken pox. Apparently, they weren't visible, but they were still contagious. to this day, the story stuck with me.

58points

La 7 years ago

Omg yes this! Finally someone said it at the start of the comments.

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Nanette Cordell 7 years ago

EXACTLY... they don't want to take responsibility for how their choices affect others.....

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Ren Chant 7 years ago

i have terminal cancer and am on chemo. my immune system is compromised. you stupid antivaxxers can kill me. thanks, though, i'm really worried about autism.

5points

Talor McPherson 7 years ago

My MIL, while not anti-vax, didn't get her kids fully vaccinated and I am worried that my future children may run the risk of catching something before they can be vaccinated... I love my MIL and like a lot of her ideas but the not getting her kids fully vaccinated bit irks me! They went to "pox and measles parties" but none of the kids ever contracted the infections. I'm seriously worried and not sure how to proceed with his family.

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Joyce Leyden 7 years ago

It will have been measels that the student had. When the vaccine was first introduced (late 60s) it was given to teenage girls (in UK at least) as well as to babies and small children because it is so dangerous to unborn babies. I remember being given the jag aged 15ish.

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Helen Baumander 7 years ago

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Terry Westlake 7 years ago

Forget the bridge analogy. It leaves out one key part of the pro vac truth. The stupid people think unvaccinated people who didn't get disease is proof of their cause. The only reason their kids didn't get sick is because WE (the pro vac approximately 90%) vaccinated our kids to protect their stupid kids!!! If most of society is vaccinated, it prevents large outbreaks. If everyone was unvaccinated we would have huge outbreaks of disease and death and then the selfish people would change their tune quickly! Yes their are very slight risks (but not for autism; studies have shown a review of home videos show the infant showed signs of autism before receiving first set of vaccines). But the risk is there and a child can die an agonizing death from pertussis or meningitis. These diseases are still around, don't be ignorant. And remember, all you anti vacs....the more you push your agenda and there are more people refusing vaccines.....the higher chance you have of your child dying.

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lazy panda 7 years ago

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Master Markus 7 years ago

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Daria B 7 years ago

Or never let them breathe air, you know, it's too polluted.

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La 7 years ago

Additionally, people decreasing/blocking herd immunity for those few that are allergic or otherwise to vaccines.

8points

Freya the Wanderer 7 years ago

I am autistic, and far from being a handicap or a disability, it helps me see the world in a unique way. I am successful and have a lot of friends and a full social life.

7points

Nanette Cordell 7 years ago

5points

James Titanium-Chef 7 years ago

And... Jenny McCarthy

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Javier Mir 7 years ago

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Cat Meow 7 years ago

58points

La 7 years ago

Omg yes this! Finally someone said it at the start of the comments.

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Nanette Cordell 7 years ago

EXACTLY... they don't want to take responsibility for how their choices affect others.....

7points

Ren Chant 7 years ago

i have terminal cancer and am on chemo. my immune system is compromised. you stupid antivaxxers can kill me. thanks, though, i'm really worried about autism.

5points