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02-15-2018, 11:19 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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I would prefer working with labs. As in labradors
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So what were you afraid of with your kid if you don't mind sharing? Did you vaccinate your kids fully eventually? Are you up on your vaccines yourself now? All of Mermaids examples of medicine having done horrendous things often to the most vulnerable groups of people are valid and reason for concern and caution but I was talking about run of the mill tested and true everyday vaccinations which I assume is what your kid would have gotten? As with lots of topics the vaccine panic isn't nearly as big here in Europe as it is over in the US so I am legitimately curious. Because I agree with you that you usually only hear from the nutjobs so I'd love to hear from a reasonable person ;-) |
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Is anecdotal evidence (to you) worth considering or not? I think most people take sides on this based on this. Many people have fears based on anecdotal information and many people believe it shouldn't be considered at all because it's not "scientific" or provable within the scientific method or because much anecdotal information lies outside individual studies. |
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--Distrust of big pharma (I would consider distrust of big pharma pretty fn valid but that's my personal shit, and I would not consider that in and of itself conspiracy, but that could very easily turn into conspiracy depending on what one believes the endgame to be if they think bp has some weird agenda, I don't know) --Ingredients that may cause harm; i.e.: heavy metals (falls more under distrust of big pharma) --Risk of getting sick from vaccine vs risk of getting sick from what the vaccine is attempting to prevent --Physicians not being able to tell if a person has a lowered immune system, which can cause the vaccine to have different side effects than if a person is well As for conspiracy, I kind of get why this swirls around vaccines a lot. I think most of the conspiracy stuff comes from a general distrust of the US government as a whole, as well as the major medical and food associations (AMA, FDA, all the...... As?). We see over and over and over how lobbyists for various organizations and corporations help to buy politicians in order to pass laws that affect these very organizations. I think that's par for the course in our country, no? So it seems many our laws are paid for and the very people who run corporations who benefit very often go on to land positions within those government organizations or vice versa. I don't know how we would ever be expected to trust them if you ask me. I think that forms the basis of distrust (and spirals a bit within conspiracy circles) for not just vaccines but for anything that's supposed to be "good for us" that any governmental organization is not just recommending but is heartily pushing. Of course it feels fishy when they are fucking you all day every day in every conceivable way but then strangely care that you're getting your shots. I don't buy the conspiracy stuff because I can't see an endgame that makes sense if it was some big plan to ...? (No idea.) But I see how distrust roots because of the wrongdoing of many in positions of power, and how that can grow in to conspiracies because people want reasons that go beyond money and power.
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I have talked with someone who was wary of giving their baby a Vitamin K shot after birth because they had concerns. Literally no child ever dies from it, and not giving it creates a mountain of dead babies. On the one hand, nothing serious ever, on the other hand, tons of babies just suddenly die. There are websites and alternative medicine people that will tell you lies about the Vitamin K shot and then sell you bogus nonsense.
Anti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-medicine people intentionally spread enough misinformation, lies, and propaganda to make the issue appear contentious, and then they get to say, "But we just have these concerns? What is so wrong with addressing these concerns?" The people against vaccines have nothing. Assumptions that government is bad, assumptions that money is bad, assumptions that people with money are evil, assumptions that "chemicals" are bad, distortions and misinterpretations of legitimate published material, and flat out lies. Anyone reading this thread should be aware that "concern" is the goal of the people who profit from anti-vaccine positions. Since their position has zero evidence, it is impossible to present a sound and convincing argument for it. The best they can achieve is promote "concern". All they have to do find the limit of a person's knowledge of science or medicine, and then tell them a lie one level beyond your understanding, and anyone who knows the truth who talks to that same person later has to spend a hundred times the effort to give all the requisite information for the victim to understand why what they were told is a lie. Some concern is legitimate, but the majority of it is stoked by scam artists and charlatans and quacks who are willing to lie and watch children die just to sell a few books, or sell overpriced sugar pills, or sell a bogus cancer cure. Remember, when someone implies malevolence rather than proves it to you, that's likely because the malevolence can't be proven, and one reason why something can't be proven is because it isn't true. Remember that you could view a lobbyist or CEO for a pharmaceutical company as someone who built a career out of defending or running a company that saves the lives of thousands of people. Is it convincing to just imply that these people are malevolent or without conscience? Consider that this person, who said there are LOTS of reasons to distrust the evidence of the safety and efficacy of vaccines, said the following: Quote:
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None of what I say here is meant personally or is targeted in any way, but there are children in the real world who live or die based on what is said about vaccines by people on the internet. With that knowledge, I can't let anything doubtful of them pass by without me giving the corresponding counterpoints. Last edited by Cretaceous Bob; 02-18-2018 at 10:49 PM. |
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And in other cases its the same effect as always where the one bad example gets a huuuuuuuuge reporting and the thousands of lives saved you don't hear about because after all they didn't get ill so there is nothing to report. And I'm sorry that I'm putting you on the spot like this but the points you listed (anecdotal youtube videos, big pharma, heavy metals, getting sick from the vaccine because it works wrong) for me all fall under conspiracy theory. And if your kid or you yourself has an real confirmed immune deficiency (which is super rare) that is something you probably already figured out and I'm not a doctor so nobody should listen to that advice but 2 minutes of googling tell me that its recommended in that case to vaccinate as much as possible and definitely have everybody around that person vaccinated to protect them from getting infected. |
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Just want you guys to know it's nice to have a civil discussion on all of this.
Question, why do you personally think that the vaccine issue is so split in terms of what information is available to the general public? By that I mean if I google "why we need vaccines" and then google "why should I not get vaccinated" there seem to be an equal amount of insurmountable information on both sides, reliable or not. Why do you think this is? It sounds like both sides believe that the opposing view creates some benefit for some malevolent force, wherein I think all people who vaccinate believe that they're doing what is best for themselves and their families and that all people who do not vaccinate are doing what they believe to be best for themselves and their families. But both sides seem to think there is sinister benefit somewhere. What do you think? |
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If a whole country cultivates a "we can and will do it by ourselves" attitude then not believing in herd immunity makes sense? Also you guys mistrust your government a lot more than some other countries do (that's why you need to have alllll the guns right?) so I think that makes a more fertile ground for conspiracy theories to take hold. Last edited by Lanfear; 02-19-2018 at 10:30 AM. |
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