VaccinateGate

That (and LTL's response) answers my question nicely. And, for the record, I believe anti-vaxxers are completely nuts. In a just world, anti-vaxxers get the measles and become sterile.

 

You're overestimating the intelligence of the average person.

 

I think this may be the one issue thatt all here would agree on. Well this and the death penalty.

 

Yeah I don't know who on here would be on the other side of this one. Maybe Smallpotatoes' friend.

 

LTL's earlier stats show that anti-vaccination can be the domain of the educated, but if you believe this nonsense is the right thing to do, you can't call yourself educated. The reality is that there are a lot of ignorants putting their children and others at risk unnecessarily.

 

This brings up an interesting point. In the various circles I am a part of, and they are varying in socioeconomic stature, everyone acknowledges how idiotic it is to not vaccinate children. However, there still large numbers of these people who continue to pass on vaccinations for their kids.

I guess my question is, who are these people? Other than batshit Jenny McCarthy, I can't think of one well-known person who admits it openly.

EDIT: Look at that, a handy list of idiots
Meet Hollywood’s Awful Anti-Vaxx All-Stars - The Daily Beast

 

This is a demonstration from Penn and Teller that pretty well illustrates—if not forcefully illustrates—why it's a bad idea and a foolish argument to not vaccinate.

Chalk it up to "First World Problems" but it seems too many "educated" people these days seem to gloss over the fact that it really wasn't that long ago that diseases we have since eliminated/nearly eliminated were ravaging children. I for one really don't want polio and I wish the anti-vaxxers would respect that wish.

 

The Hollywood Reporter had a great story last year about the unbelievably high rates of Personal Belief Exemptions at wealthy private schools in the L.A. area -- essentially where Hollywood bigwigs all send their kids.

Los Angeles Vaccination Rates 2014

Reading that made me realize why Jenny McCarthy continues to find work and find a platform for this. All those fuckheads are in agreement with her.

 

Waldorf Schools are magnets for anti-vaxxers, right? Fucking idiots indeed. I have a family member who is mildly anti-vaccine. Or was. We haven't talked about it in a long time because I don't want to know if she still is.

 

I would be really curious if the people who won't get their kids vaccinated have the same mentality with getting their pets all the recommended shots.

 

In this story,
As Disneyland measles outbreak spreads, O.C. bars students lacking proof of shots - LA Times
one useless OC mommy said, "I didn't want to flood her system with a bunch of chemicals all at once."

I'd actually like to check her bathroom medicine cabinet to see what chemicals she has in her system: Zanax, botox, etc...

 

Nucking futs to not get your kids vaccinated. No reason whatsoever to expect your kids to be admitted to "society" without the shots, because I certainly don't want my precious angel exposed to your teeming masses of human petri dishes. By the way -- FU Jenny McDumbass.