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Old 02-10-2015, 11:36 AM   #981
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As frustrating as it is, the best solution is to educate and inform, not create barriers to health care or mandate forced immunization.
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Old 02-10-2015, 12:10 PM   #982
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As frustrating as it is, the best solution is to educate and inform, not create barriers to health care or mandate forced immunization.
I understand what you're saying, but seriously... how much more education and information does there need to be? There's so much science, literature, and media reports out there. Every reputable medical organization is advocating vaccines and confirming there is no scientific reason to not vaccinate. All of it is washing off these people. What info or education can possibly work on them now?

I actually think continuing this trend of engaging pro-diseasers as though there is some rationality or reason to their position in an effort to convince the unconvinceable is playing with fire. We've been doing it too long already and now there is the blossoming of a public health crisis.
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Old 02-10-2015, 12:16 PM   #983
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As frustrating as it is, the best solution is to educate and inform, not create barriers to health care or mandate forced immunization.
I agree with the education angle, however, most pro-diseasers seem to think they know everything already and ignore anything that doesn;t confirm their bias. I agree that there should be manditory vacinations before a kid can go to school. They put the most at risk kids in serious danger. Friends of ours daughter had lukemia when she was 3 and her immune system is very fragile because of it. It would be a shame if some pro-disease bonehead caused their daughter to get a life threatening disease because they know it all already.
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Old 02-10-2015, 12:28 PM   #984
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As frustrating as it is, the best solution is to educate and inform, not create barriers to health care or mandate forced immunization.
Honestly, I used to think this as well. Last year I wrote a paper on strategies for dealing with misinformation and those that fall for it, but at this point I think we have to start handing down some regulations. You don't get to cling to your lunacy when it starts to have an impact on the health of others.
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We were in SHC emerg on Sunday (shut up). There was a mom there with her little one, who was ill. A friend of hers happened to also be in the ER due to a cracked something or other in her foot. Mom had to go out to her vehicle and get something so she came and had the friend hold the baby, in the triage chairs area. Then when she was back, she proceeded to talk to the friend and they were both crowing about how they don't vaccinate and mom was all put out that the docs were testing her little guy for all the diseases she could avoid by vaccinating. When they started that up, my husband and I got up and moved to a completely different area and masked up - the nurse came looking for us to do vitals, etc and asked why we'd moved because he couldn't find us. I asked the nurse why she was allowed to wander the triage area if the baby was being tested for these diseases, particularly if he actually had one of them, since it was a great place to spread them to other patients - told him we moved because we live with someone who is considered immunocompromised and had no interest in possibly carrying crap home to them. Told the nurse if something came of it, I'd be having a very long drawn out conversation with the hospital about it.

They made her remain in the room after that. I'm sure she wasn't best pleased but frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.
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Old 02-10-2015, 12:35 PM   #986
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Completely in agreement here. With our system we have agreed to take on the liability of everyones stupidity, be it sports, drinking/drug abuse or anti-vaccination.

In addition we don't need people who catch the measles not seeking treatment and spreading it further because they can't afford the cost of treatment.
Maybe it should just be against the law to not vaccinate then. Don't worry about the added health care costs, just charge them with willfully endangering the general public. Maybe a few months in jail would help educate these bozos. Treat it the same as stabbing someone with an AIDS needle. The difference between a smoker or a drunk and an anti vaxxer is significant. One is endangering themselves (mostly), the other is endangering others (including thier own children).

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Old 02-10-2015, 12:36 PM   #987
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Great article from the Economist on this topic the other day which noted that news programs offering "balanced content" and allowing anti-vaccination advocates on the air to respond to the science has a detrimental effect on vaccinations

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democ...d-vaccinations

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"This actually happened in Britain in 2002, after the idea of a link between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism was first publicised. Despite plentiful scientific evidence that the MMR vaccine was safe, and that it was used in over 90 countries, what people heard was that there were two sides to the debate. Vaccination rates plummeted (though they have since rebounded).

An investigation into the decline of vaccinations in Britain found that the problem, in part, was the way the media covered the matter. In an effort to offer balance—and to entertain viewers with a lively verbal jousting match—news outlets lined up people with opposing views. In one corner were health experts who supported the vaccine. In the other were charismatic quacks or parents who were utterly convinced that the vaccine had made their children autistic (and whose genuine grief swayed many viewers). In America minor celebrities have joined this mix."
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^^ Pretty much what I was getting at earlier. Even debating the issue gives it too much legitimacy. People often don't look at what is being said specifically, but assume that if credible news sources are giving them air time, then their argument must be credible.

It really is best to just ignore them. You will never get 100% buy-in on the issue no matter how much you argue with them.
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http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/daycare...alth-1.2228980


The owners of the unlicensed daycare in the suburb of Orleans say their facility is for parents like them who are worried about vaccines and choosing not to vaccinate their kids.

The daycare owners are no longer doing interviews, but have told several local media outlets that they believe recently-vaccinated children carry around live viruses that can then infect others.
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She's taken a leave from teaching the course now.

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A Queen’s University professor under fire for using anti-vaccination material in a health course will no longer be teaching that course, the university said.

A spokeswoman told the Star Monday evening that Melody Torcolacci has requested and has been granted leave from teaching Physical Determinants of Health (HLTH 102) for the remainder of the term.

“Discussions around her other classes are ongoing,” the spokeswoman said in a statement.

Torcolacci, an adjunct professor in the university’s school of kinesiology and health, did not respond to requests for comment.

Torcolacci was accused last week of using information about vaccines and health that had been widely challenged by medical experts. It was reported that students had previously complained about the material to their academic affairs commissioner.

Lecture slides sent to the Star and posted online, which appear to be from the class, ask the question, “Vaccines — Good or Bad?”

“No scientific evidence exists showing vaccines are NOT contributing to increased incidents of chronic illness and disability in children,” reads one slide.

The course description states, “HLTH 102 looks at some of the many physical determinants of health beyond the obvious factors of physical activity, nutrition, and stress management.” The course summary says “vaccines and health” will be covered in the class.
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Too bad it took this long; she's had years to peddle her batcrap around to her students in spite of the previous complaints.
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Old 02-11-2015, 01:08 AM   #992
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Great article from the Economist on this topic the other day which noted that news programs offering "balanced content" and allowing anti-vaccination advocates on the air to respond to the science has a detrimental effect on vaccinations

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democ...d-vaccinations
Exactly the same situation with Global warming. John Oliver did a hilarious segment on this, starts about 3:50 in:

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I think a large part of the problem is the pro-diseasers haven't seen the side effects of the disease, so they can't contemplate the stupidity of their actions, they haven't seen the hundreds of thousands of cases of measles, the thousands upon thousands of deaths from small pox and polio. They fixate on what they can see. The diseases that are blamed on the vaccines even if there is no truth behind the accusations.

How do you convince someone who fundamentally doesn't understand how science works, that vaccines are beneficial?

Sadly at this point i think the solution is segregating the vaccinated and pro-disease children in schools. Yes it is going to suck when measles sweeps through the schools of the pro-disease parents, devastating the children, but that might be the only evidence that pro-disease partents can contemplate.
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Dan I stole your pro-diseasers, its just perfect!
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This post is going around Facebook right now, and I think it's brilliant because it finally puts a face to the potential consequeses of people not vaccinating their children. The post comes with a photo of her baby, but I won't post that. In spoiler tags as it's a pretty long post.

Spoiler!
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couple of articles on quartz this morning:

http://qz.com/339123/anti-vaxxers-ar...thcare-system/

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But here’s what I had in common with anti-vaxxers that makes me somewhat sympathetic to their predicament: When it came to vaccinations, not to mention a lot of other parenting questions, I didn’t trust my pediatrician to supply the answers.
http://qz.com/340623/what-vaxxers-an...en-to-a-child/

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But here’s what everyone gets wrong: regardless of whether or not vaccines cause autism, our entire conversation surrounding them is completely ableist.

When those in the anti-vaccination movement treat autism as a calamity far worse than a debilitating disease or death, that is ableism. What we also need to recognize is that every time we respond to fear-mongering about vaccines and autism with the words, “don’t worry, vaccines don’t cause autism,” that is also ableist. Because instead of pointing out that, hey, autism and neurodiversity are far from the worst things that could happen to a parent, “vaccines don’t cause autism” falls into the same narrative as “vaccines cause autism”—both suggest that autism is this boogeyman that lives under our kids’ beds that could strike at any time.
just thought they both provided different insights to the topic. also, i think you guys are touching on one of the biggest problems as well; when the media presents the 1 person for - 1 person against segment that makes it seem like being on either side is reasonable. that Oliver bit perfectly illustrated how absurd that approach is. and i think it went a long way to enabling many of these people to develop such bad ideas.
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This post is going around Facebook right now, and I think it's brilliant because it finally puts a face to the potential consequeses of people not vaccinating their children. The post comes with a photo of her baby, but I won't post that. In spoiler tags as it's a pretty long post.

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She's a friend of mine. She lost her eldest daughter on Boxing Day 2012 from an undiagnosed virus/infection - I still tear up every Christmas thinking of her and her family.
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As frustrating as it is, the best solution is to educate and inform, not create barriers to health care or mandate forced immunization.
Ever argued with an anti-vaxxer? They think they are most educated people in the world.
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^^ Pretty much what I was getting at earlier. Even debating the issue gives it too much legitimacy. People often don't look at what is being said specifically, but assume that if credible news sources are giving them air time, then their argument must be credible.

It really is best to just ignore them. You will never get 100% buy-in on the issue no matter how much you argue with them.
There was an article on Slate the other day that said the only way to solve the issue is to personally attack anti-vaxxers. Why? Because they are morons. The whole issue is a no-brainer, and yet here we are talking about why so many parents want innocent kids to die of horrible diseases.

There really is no other way of looking at it.
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