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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.
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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 8 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.
Master Markus 8 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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Cat Meow 8 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.
La 8 years ago
Omg yes this! Finally someone said it at the start of the comments.
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Terry Westlake 8 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.
Henny Hana 8 years ago
i uh honestly don't quite grasp this anti vaxx thing. in my country,we are a developing 3rd world country in south east asia,it is known to vaxx our kids. we have been doing it since long ago and still doing it today.
HauntedForests 8 years ago
"Your child will develop autism if you get them vaccinated" has been proven false so many times. Even if it was true, would you rather have your child develop autism or have them die from an illness that was treatable?
Kelly Hartle 8 years ago
I think some of the anti-vaxxers are more like, "I don't need to use the bridge because the magical invisible being I believe in will pick me up and carry me over the water so the alligators don't eat me."
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
I am tired of hearing how the family of anti vaxers crossed the"river of crocodiles with minor injuries" (got the diseases but lived ) only to be disabled by a fate worse than imaginary autism. I.E. blindness, deafness, brain damage, sterility, heart disease (Rubella), decreased immunity in general, retardation, I can go on.
Load More Replies... Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
I am pro-vac. I have had the adult boosters as recommended. I wish chicken pox vax existed in the 80's when I caught it in High School. I can't imagine a child being forced to go through that just because their parents think it "makes them stronger" and it's a "simple disease". I have deep pock scars on my face, and shingles to look forward to because science wasn't fast enough.
Linda Gulley 8 years ago
I have scars as well as do many friends my age. I was so happy my daughter could be immunized.
Load More Replies... lazy panda 8 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.
Master Markus 8 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).
Load More Replies... Cat Meow 8 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.
La 8 years ago
Omg yes this! Finally someone said it at the start of the comments.
Load More Replies... Terry Westlake 8 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.
Henny Hana 8 years ago
i uh honestly don't quite grasp this anti vaxx thing. in my country,we are a developing 3rd world country in south east asia,it is known to vaxx our kids. we have been doing it since long ago and still doing it today.
HauntedForests 8 years ago
"Your child will develop autism if you get them vaccinated" has been proven false so many times. Even if it was true, would you rather have your child develop autism or have them die from an illness that was treatable?
Kelly Hartle 8 years ago
I think some of the anti-vaxxers are more like, "I don't need to use the bridge because the magical invisible being I believe in will pick me up and carry me over the water so the alligators don't eat me."
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
I am tired of hearing how the family of anti vaxers crossed the"river of crocodiles with minor injuries" (got the diseases but lived ) only to be disabled by a fate worse than imaginary autism. I.E. blindness, deafness, brain damage, sterility, heart disease (Rubella), decreased immunity in general, retardation, I can go on.
Load More Replies... Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
I am pro-vac. I have had the adult boosters as recommended. I wish chicken pox vax existed in the 80's when I caught it in High School. I can't imagine a child being forced to go through that just because their parents think it "makes them stronger" and it's a "simple disease". I have deep pock scars on my face, and shingles to look forward to because science wasn't fast enough.
Linda Gulley 8 years ago
I have scars as well as do many friends my age. I was so happy my daughter could be immunized.
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