tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post3235333615204695643..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Vaccine FearmongeringEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-32628817455109924312012-09-05T15:25:40.125-04:002012-09-05T15:25:40.125-04:00I'm not sure your comment deserves a response,...I'm not sure your comment deserves a response, but I'll go ahead against my better judgment. To begin, lectures about how "coddled kids" these days "get all whiny" and just don't know <i>How It Was</i> don't ingratiate the lecturer, and don't offer much substance to the conversation. I said pretty clearly that I understand the reasons for an aggressive approach from the standpoint of public health... my point was simply that this approach necessitates "pretty low lows", and that in particular it works against what I take to be another important goal of public health and modern medical practice... an educated, critically thinking citizenry.<br /><br />And I didn't call advocating for vaccination a mob mentality. I just didn't. Nor did I say that I "don't like the fact that others [sic] health depends on herd immunity". You're just making this crap up. I agree that herd immunity is important. I also think that the importance of herd immunity is directly related to the inherent shortcomings of vaccination on an individual level. And the problem of mob mentality is introduced only when this fact is forgotten. Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-61293280094502273312012-09-04T23:51:20.422-04:002012-09-04T23:51:20.422-04:00Here is a book called Melanie's Marvellous Mea...Here is a book called Melanie's Marvellous Measles. And you are complaining about a factual poster??<br /><br />http://naturematters.info/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-27976566005125912352012-09-03T03:47:23.986-04:002012-09-03T03:47:23.986-04:00I love when kids like you get all whiny about vacc...I love when kids like you get all whiny about vaccine *fearmongering*. Did it ever occur to you that it is prudent to be damn scared of vaccine preventable diseases. Those of us who lost family and friends, who saw children in iron lungs, who have friends with post polio syndrome. today...we get it. Coddled kids like you who have not had to live in those times have the luxury to mock vaccination efforts. You don't like the fact that others health depends on herd immunity? Life is imperfect, get over it. Sometimes critical thinking skills need a slap in the face. The best we can do to protect the most people, including Steven Rodgers kid is to keep the highest levels of immunity possible. Measles is now endemic in Europe after a long hiatus due to dropping vaccination rates. The global eradication effort is still going strong and has saved millions of lives in the last ten years. But it is complicated by resistance from pseudoscience groups, and amazingly yourself. Calling advocating for vaccination a mob mentality seems to more of a function of some personal bias of yours rather than anything based on reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-35450407748592711082012-08-31T10:12:58.243-04:002012-08-31T10:12:58.243-04:00Excellent stuff with wonderful information! I'...Excellent stuff with wonderful information! I'm new here and loving the <br />post! Thanks for sharing this great info!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kredytkonsolidacyjny.kutno.pl/" rel="nofollow">kredyt konsolidacyjny</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14460245659089569581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-57013477179770145582012-08-30T14:31:25.488-04:002012-08-30T14:31:25.488-04:00There's a difference between emotional appeals...There's a difference between emotional appeals to seek medical advice that are based on science and emotional appeals to spurn medical advice that are based on nothing. Note that the result of following the advice on this poster is NOT a unilateral decision, but a decision to consult a knowledgeable doctor.Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-1190490576679476342012-08-29T21:17:47.522-04:002012-08-29T21:17:47.522-04:00We were lucky in that our first choice as pediatri...We were lucky in that our first choice as pediatrician was perfectly fine with our altered schedule. When we first mentioned it I think she was preparing for the "no vaccinations" arguments because you could see her body language change. Then when we actually explained that we simply wanted to spread them out so he wasn't getting so many shots all at once - and I handed her a sheet with our own schedule (reconciled to the "recommended" one) - she said she didn't think it was necessary but had no problem with it. She had the nurse scan our plan into their system and that was that. She's never mentioned it again. Steven Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627066790845474774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-52524390035916017572012-08-29T20:35:31.009-04:002012-08-29T20:35:31.009-04:00You're witnessing Public Health's overreac...You're witnessing Public Health's overreaction to the anti-science Left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com