"How an immoral *#$@ made big bucks by helping to start the autism-vaccination scare."

Adept · Post by **Adept** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:35 pm

All the panels re-linked from here for your convenience

Post by **BackTrak** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:04 pm

Nice one Adept. I knew that guy was a douche from some squishy facts around the case, but this is a good summary!

All my kids got their shots on time, and I'm happy to say no one's sprouted an extra arm.

Death3D · Post by **Death3D** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:08 pm

Interesting.

Gandalf2 · Post by **Gandalf2** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:18 pm

I'm not sure what's worse. The "scientist" or the press.

One press story that annyoed me recently (front page!) was "MANY PARENTS UNSURE ABOUT HOW NEW STUDENT LOAN SYSTEM WORKS" (or words to that effect). Did the story explain how it worked? No!!! What the heck was the point of that story then? Surely the press is supposed to inform us? I don't think informing us that people aren't informed about something really counts.

Elzam_ · Post by **Elzam_** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:30 pm

Hold up, hold up, let's be sure here and check our facts. Remember the wise words of President Abe Lincoln!

Adept · Post by **Adept** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:09 pm

Put his name in Wikipedia for a quick look Elzam. If you really want to dig in, check the facts about Lancet etc.

Glad to hear you haven't fallen for the stupidity BackTrack. It boggles the mind now many people don't get their kids vaccinated "to protect them"

TurkeyXIII · Post by **TurkeyXIII** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:16 am

Elzam V. Branstein wrote:QUOTE (Elzam V. Branstein @ Jun 23 2011, 07:30 AM) Hold up, hold up, let's be sure here and check our facts. Remember the wise words of President Abe Lincoln!

http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g432/R...tes-Lincoln.jpg

Oh man, that had me laughing for ages.

peet · Post by **peet** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:21 am

Some old folks have seen the scares of a massive outbreak (like polio). Lucky the last decade saw no great outbreak that hurt millions of people in the West, people forget.

I do believe that in rare cases a young child vaccine can cause damage, but I also believe the vast majority of people benefit from it.

What is hurting the "vaccine scene" imho is the disaster with the swine-, bird-, Mexican and whatever other flue. People remember that massive stockpiles of vaccines were bought, stored and thrown away. At a huge cost. Also I doubt that every healthy person needs the yearly "general" flu shot. Seems to me there are better ways to spend that money.

The worst of the worst is the contradicting information. People get confused who to trust. In NL a few campaigns did not catch on because some people posted claims on websites, and the gov't had no answer to it. "Trust us" is not enough anymore for a Google generation.

lexaal · Post by **lexaal** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:36 am

The un-vaccinated people were protected for a while because 99% of the population was vaccinated and diseases could not spread out. Now there are too many.

Malicious Wraith · Post by **Malicious Wraith** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:08 am

A pediatrics location near where I live refuses to treat patients whos guardians refuse their full battery of vaccinations.