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Anti-vaxxers are still out there. They do not care that health organizations, doctors, and scientists agree that vaccines are safe and effective. They just repeat their mantras. Recently, an anti-vaxxer even turned one into a Philosoraptor meme. Asking why is his unvaccinated kid a danger to the vaccinated ones (assuming that vaccines work) they thought they were exposing a quirky paradox. Luckily, someone took the time to completely obliterate it. Reddit user u/Slackbeing posted the entire thing on the subreddit r/MurderedByWords where it has already received over 53k upvotes. We can only hope that the person who made the meme has read it as well. Not all who wander are lost.
Some people think that there is little benefit in giving children vaccinations because the risk of contracting vaccine-preventable diseases is so low. Sadly, this is a harmful anti-vaccination myth. According to an article by Medical News Today, “Vaccine-preventable disease rates have dropped because immunization is now a widespread and common practice. In recent years, however, the number of people contracting vaccine-preventable diseases has increased. Research has found that children who do not undergo immunization are a contributing factor to this troubling trend.”
Thanks to “herd immunity,” so long as a large majority of people are immunized, even the unimmunized minority will be protected. With so many people resistant, infectious disease simply won’t get the change to establish itself and spread. This is very important because there will always be a portion of the population (for example, infants, pregnant women, elderly) that can’t receive vaccines.
However, if too many people aren’t getting vaccinates, they start building a collective danger, opening up opportunities for viruses and bacteria to establish themselves, mutate, and spread.
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Jason Doakes 5 years ago
And some of the comments once again show us the real problem of disagreement, people just can't take being criticized and prefer to expose their kids and other kids to terrible diseases instead of simply accept that "I might be wrong about that...". The prevalent thought seems to be; "If I'm too stupid to understand what someone else is trying to explain, he is an a*****e for using the proper words." It's unfathomable that the dumbest people are those that are the most convinced. Well, I have no clue about anything, except that all those doctors know it better than me and I'm pretty sure they won't get rich with vaccines, which mostly get sold at the production cost..
Mikael Cerbing 5 years ago
"It's unfathomable that the dumbest people are those that are the most convinced" Acctually no, there is a lot of Scientific studies that has looked at this. And it is very common. The less you know about something, the more sure you are that you know all that there is to know about it. It almost goes back to Socrates. But it is still very sad and a big Public problem.
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Cactuar Jon 5 years ago
Well, we can't have autistic dogs running about the place now, can we?
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K. Blanchette 5 years ago
Take all the antivaxxers and their kids, put em all on an island and we'll see how quick they wipe themselves out. If course I don't mean literally so don't be all WhY wOuLd YoU sAy ThAt but antivaxxing is child endangerment.
sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago
On a previous post, I also said they should be put on an island, but too bad if they arrive, and have a virus, too late for help !!!
Load More Replies... Jason Doakes 5 years ago
And some of the comments once again show us the real problem of disagreement, people just can't take being criticized and prefer to expose their kids and other kids to terrible diseases instead of simply accept that "I might be wrong about that...". The prevalent thought seems to be; "If I'm too stupid to understand what someone else is trying to explain, he is an a*****e for using the proper words." It's unfathomable that the dumbest people are those that are the most convinced. Well, I have no clue about anything, except that all those doctors know it better than me and I'm pretty sure they won't get rich with vaccines, which mostly get sold at the production cost..
Mikael Cerbing 5 years ago
"It's unfathomable that the dumbest people are those that are the most convinced" Acctually no, there is a lot of Scientific studies that has looked at this. And it is very common. The less you know about something, the more sure you are that you know all that there is to know about it. It almost goes back to Socrates. But it is still very sad and a big Public problem.
Load More Replies... Cactuar Jon 5 years ago
Well, we can't have autistic dogs running about the place now, can we?
Load More Replies... K. Blanchette 5 years ago
Take all the antivaxxers and their kids, put em all on an island and we'll see how quick they wipe themselves out. If course I don't mean literally so don't be all WhY wOuLd YoU sAy ThAt but antivaxxing is child endangerment.
sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago
On a previous post, I also said they should be put on an island, but too bad if they arrive, and have a virus, too late for help !!!
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