Comments on: Antivax kills. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:12:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: The Devil’s Malarkey - Confessions of a Self-Publisher | Confessions of a Self-Publisher http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169011 The Devil’s Malarkey - Confessions of a Self-Publisher | Confessions of a Self-Publisher Tue, 16 Oct 2012 06:08:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169011 [...] menstrual cycle shortly thereafter, and we follow the logic of Ms. McCarthy and the rest of the antivax movement, we would have to conclude that the Bat Mitzvah ritual causes [...] [...] menstrual cycle shortly thereafter, and we follow the logic of Ms. McCarthy and the rest of the antivax movement, we would have to conclude that the Bat Mitzvah ritual causes [...]

]]> By: Relatively Interesting Celebrities Endorsing Stupid Things: (like) The Anti-Vaccination Movement http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169010 Relatively Interesting Celebrities Endorsing Stupid Things: (like) The Anti-Vaccination Movement Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:40:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169010 [...] http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/oprah-drinks-the-antivax-kool-aid/%20 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/ http://scepticsbook.com/2010/03/13/vaccine-court-finds-no-link-to-autism/ [...] [...] http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/oprah-drinks-the-antivax-kool-aid/%20 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/ http://scepticsbook.com/2010/03/13/vaccine-court-finds-no-link-to-autism/ [...]

]]> By: Anti-Vaccine, Continued « The Official MU SASHA Blog, Updated Daily http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169009 Anti-Vaccine, Continued « The Official MU SASHA Blog, Updated Daily Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:20:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169009 [...] Your efforts against vaccination are much worse than children simply going without ice cream and a few dairy farmers having a meager quarterly profit margin. Because most parents have no training at all in statistics, and because statistics can be counter-intuitive, people will listen to just about any conspiracy theory presented to them when their children’s health is brought up. But like I said, it’s worse than just denying your kids ice cream: Children are getting diseases that public health officials are dismayed to see back in circulation, after we thought we’d effectively wiped them out– diseases like measles, mumps, rubella, and yes, polio too. The fact is, anti-vax kills. [...] [...] Your efforts against vaccination are much worse than children simply going without ice cream and a few dairy farmers having a meager quarterly profit margin. Because most parents have no training at all in statistics, and because statistics can be counter-intuitive, people will listen to just about any conspiracy theory presented to them when their children’s health is brought up. But like I said, it’s worse than just denying your kids ice cream: Children are getting diseases that public health officials are dismayed to see back in circulation, after we thought we’d effectively wiped them out– diseases like measles, mumps, rubella, and yes, polio too. The fact is, anti-vax kills. [...]

]]> By: Anti-vaccination hoaxes and the growing body count from nonsense (October 14) | Nonsense! (And why it’s so popular) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169008 Anti-vaccination hoaxes and the growing body count from nonsense (October 14) | Nonsense! (And why it’s so popular) Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:36:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169008 [...] let’s remember that public health is suffering as vaccination rates drop — that the anti-vaccination movement has led to needless death and disability. Jenny McCarthy, the most prominent celebrity spreading hysteria and pseudoscience about [...] [...] let’s remember that public health is suffering as vaccination rates drop — that the anti-vaccination movement has led to needless death and disability. Jenny McCarthy, the most prominent celebrity spreading hysteria and pseudoscience about [...]

]]> By: Is It True http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169007 Is It True Thu, 19 May 2011 20:05:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169007 As a young teen girl with Aspergers, I can say this: having done plenty of my own studies about what autism is and how it works and so on and so forth, I have reached the obvious conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism. How could it? How could a bunch of half-dying microorganisms that the body attacks with vigor, cause a NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER that affects the brain while it is still developing IN THE WOMB? Are these bacteria capable of time-travel? Knowing the ignorance and stupidity of the anti-vaccination crowd, I'm certain that a few would stand up and say "maybe!". Please. I might be autistic, but I'm not dead, blind, paralyzed, deaf, constantly sick, on a respirator, on a dialysis machine, looking for an organ donor... As a young teen girl with Aspergers, I can say this: having done plenty of my own studies about what autism is and how it works and so on and so forth, I have reached the obvious conclusion that vaccines don’t cause autism. How could it? How could a bunch of half-dying microorganisms that the body attacks with vigor, cause a NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER that affects the brain while it is still developing IN THE WOMB? Are these bacteria capable of time-travel?

Knowing the ignorance and stupidity of the anti-vaccination crowd, I’m certain that a few would stand up and say “maybe!”. Please. I might be autistic, but I’m not dead, blind, paralyzed, deaf, constantly sick, on a respirator, on a dialysis machine, looking for an organ donor…

]]> By: Lord Death http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169006 Lord Death Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:40:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169006 A realization: Intelligent people shouldn't be doing anything against the antivax movement. No. We should be ENCOURAGING IT. How about them apples, you idiotic delusional religionists? Go right ahead and deny vaccines to your children. I want you to. A realization:

Intelligent people shouldn’t be doing anything against the antivax movement.

No.

We should be ENCOURAGING IT.

How about them apples, you idiotic delusional religionists? Go right ahead and deny vaccines to your children.

I want you to.

]]> By: Shani http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169005 Shani Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:18:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169005 Bidbadsis, I can't believe that you would assume parents would risk thier childrens lives because they don't want to stick them with a needle. How ridiculous. As a parent myself I think every medical decision should be thouroughly reserched, and every parent should be allowed to make their own decisions. No procedure should be undertaken blindly. This basic right should NOT be taken away from parents. As a small child my eldest brother suffered a SEVERE reaction to one of his immunisations and almost died, so don't give those poor eople who are afraid of the same thing happening to thier child such a hard time ! Bidbadsis, I can’t believe that you would assume parents would risk thier childrens lives because they don’t want to stick them with a needle. How ridiculous. As a parent myself I think every medical decision should be thouroughly reserched, and every parent should be allowed to make their own decisions. No procedure should be undertaken blindly. This basic right should NOT be taken away from parents.
As a small child my eldest brother suffered a SEVERE reaction to one of his immunisations and almost died, so don’t give those poor eople who are afraid of the same thing happening to thier child such a hard time !

]]> By: The hollow dispute over vaccines « Keystone Society for Rational Inquiry http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169004 The hollow dispute over vaccines « Keystone Society for Rational Inquiry Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:25:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169004 [...] Antivax kills [...] [...] Antivax kills [...]

]]> By: Uneasy rider http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169003 Uneasy rider Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:34:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169003 [...] interestingly, one of their primary pillars appears to be exploiting the ungrounded and dangerous fears of the antivaxer movement alongside the religion card. From their website (emphasis theirs, obviously): Economics, home [...] [...] interestingly, one of their primary pillars appears to be exploiting the ungrounded and dangerous fears of the antivaxer movement alongside the religion card. From their website (emphasis theirs, obviously): Economics, home [...]

]]> By: OCCAM » Campaña antivacunación… lo que nos faltaba… http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169002 OCCAM » Campaña antivacunación… lo que nos faltaba… Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:46:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/05/04/antivax-kills/#comment-169002 [...] niños/as quienes pagan la consecuencia de haber nacido rodeados/as por ignorantes. Ver por ejemplo aquí o [...] [...] niños/as quienes pagan la consecuencia de haber nacido rodeados/as por ignorantes. Ver por ejemplo aquí o [...]

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