Comments on: Stop antivaxxers. Now.

By: The Problem With Unfounded Beliefs « News From Pugyang

The Problem With Unfounded Beliefs « News From Pugyang — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:05:01 +0000

[...] to move on to the other end of the ignorance spectrum- the OVERLY skeptical. This includes the anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, moon-landing hoaxers, and Holocaust denialists. These people have actually [...]

By: Why politics matter to me | The Large Idea Collider

Why politics matter to me | The Large Idea Collider — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:34:52 +0000

[...] and religious views. Often, science is not well done and findings which turn out to be false confuse people and damage their trust. Often, science leads to applications which are horrible and damaging to humankind. And very often, [...]

By: Whooping Cough on the Rise | i-News.info

Whooping Cough on the Rise | i-News.info — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 04:34:35 +0000

[...] Alberta and parts of the UK and Holland, spreading faster than even the nonsense disseminated by antivaxxers. As Phil Plait (Bad Astronomy) put it: There are times when reality is so obvious, so clear, so [...]

By: tony ansell

tony ansell — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:48:48 +0000

I could not agree LESS with Dragonchild, people need to see and feel the consequences of their actions (or inactions).

It’s not propoganda when it’s right!

By: The Weekender « lifesworthknowing

The Weekender « lifesworthknowing — Sat, 26 May 2012 02:59:06 +0000

[...] that can hurt you. Those are all spin by the antivax movement at best, and again, lies at worst. Vaccines save lives.” (via Bad [...]

By: Shae

Shae — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:28:10 +0000

Hi all have been reading all the comments. Very interesting & some great points. Just thought I would share an opinion. I have two boys both fully vaccinated & both autistic. Do I believe the autism was caused by the vaccinations?! No not at all. I have alot of families with kids with autism & it is scary to see how many of us have two or more in a family with it. Seems the answer to autism is genetic. Just like cystic fibrosis & other diseases.

By: Gunnar

Gunnar — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:23:16 +0000

Whoops! I meant to write “…have stopped posting here for now.”

By: Gunnar

Gunnar — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:04:25 +0000

@Andrew #466

“I guess people like Phil realize that when both the truth and lies are discussed openly and honestly, the truth will win out – and I guess the antivaxxers realize that too. Antivax Angie was wise to run away when she did – it must be brutally difficult to keep up belief in a lie if one reads the truth too often.”

Hopefully at least a few of the anti-vaxxers who have contributed to this thread have enough integrity and humility to honestly examine the abundant and compelling evidence provided that shows how badly they have been duped, and are now willing to at least consider the possibility that they were mistaken.

I predict, though, that the next time Phil Plait posts on this issue, many of the same anti-vaxxers will be back in force, repeating the very same often and devastatingly refuted arguments, and making fools of themselves all over again. It is probably only because this thread is so far from the top that they have stopping posting here for now.

By: ZDoggMD

ZDoggMD — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:00:20 +0000

Yo, we’re doctors and we’re pro-vaccine. Keep spreading the work brutha!

Here are our contributions:

http://zdoggmd.com/2011/02/immunize/ (a music video parody ridiculing the antivax movement)
http://zdoggmd.com/2011/04/immulies/ (ditto)
http://zdoggmd.com/2012/01/big-pharma/ (a parody of becoming a “Big Pharma Shill”

By: Mark Hansen

Mark Hansen — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:36:18 +0000

Joseph G @ 463, whenever Phil does post anything that isn’t at least 100% astronomy related, you get:
<cue Grieg Op. 54, No. 3>
Concern trolls descending upon the blog, warning Phil of the dire consequences of not posting astronomy related subjects. Dire consequences include, but are not limited to:

• concern troll threatening to never return to this blog again, even though it is their first post.
• concern troll threatening to cancel subscription to Discover magazine, whether said subscription exists or not.
• concern troll moaning on each occasion “I thought this was an astronomy blog” or words to that effect.