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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Wow, there is a lot of vitriol on this thread. I have to admit that I've only scanned through the posts, as when someone begins labeling the other party I tend to tune out myself.
There is a lot of reference to the 'science' community being this cohesive whole of integrity. It's not. Much of the backlash that this thread is seeing is probably based in the perceived honesty of the source. That source being an industry which has been known to put profit before the health of its customers.
I believe in vaccination. I also believe that if a pharmaceutical company doesn't have a monetary reason to improve their product, they won't. Every time I get a vaccination for something, I feel like I'm being inundated with 1970s science.
Is there anyone on here, who isn't one of the attack dogs, who knows whether vaccinations are continuously updated in quality and effectiveness, or are we getting the same juice I did when I was in grade 3? Sorry if this is a repeated question.
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Here's my perspective;
A lot of the vitriol and anger comes from being absolutely frustrated by these people's refusal to reconsider that the "study" and that stupid ex-stripper they are basing their autism claims on has been proven over and over to be false.
I'm angry as hell that these people are jeopardizing my family's health. I'm angry because once I give birth in November I will have to worry about what interactions we could have that could increase chances of my newborn getting infected with a completely preventable, potentially fatal disease that these people are allowing to resurge.
The arrogance and selfishness of anti-vaxxers infuriates me. They are jeopardizing those who legitimately can not get vaccinated and are decreasing the protection for those of us who have vaccinated, all because they believe that they know better than the people who have dedicated their lives to bettering human health.
They constantly talk about how us pro-vaccine people need to better educate ourselves to the "truth" but they won't take their own advice and read peer reviewed, proper scientific studies on why the anti-vax stance is dangerous.
If they want to keep speculating on the cause, there are tonnes of new studies out there that speculate what could be the link to autism. Why do they hold on to the one thing that hurts innocent people? The one "study" that has been proven false?
Just in a quick search through google and there's articles that there could be a link to Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism. Why aren't they jumping on that bandwagon? Or the urban smog theory? Or Monsanto? (I mean they get blamed for everything else so why not?) Or here's a crazy one, what about the possibility that it is all just genetics? They refuse to consider anything but their stubborn belief that it's the vaccines.
If it was just them getting hurt by their decision then I would probably just shake my head and quote Forrest Gump's mother quietly to myself, but it's not just them. They are dangerous, dangerous people. Basically they are public health terrorists and I'm one pissed off Momma bear in protection mode.