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Anti-vaccination update: How the measles crisis struck Disneyland

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Re: Anti-vaccination update: How the measles crisis struck Disneyland

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So depressing. If you're not vaccinating your child, you are putting the following people at risk:

- Other idiots like yourself who chose not to vaccinate their child and their very unlucky children.

- Vaccinated people (because a vaccine is never 100% effective).

- Babies too young to be vaccinated.

And of course, you are taking part in resurrecting a disease that had been officially announced as eradicated in 2000.

Good job, anti vaccine people, you ignorant, medieval retards.

Re: Anti-vaccination update: How the measles crisis struck Disneyland

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So depressing. If you're not vaccinating your child, you are putting the following people at risk: - Other idiots like yourself who chose not to vaccinate their child and their very unlucky children. - Vaccinated people (because a vaccine is never 100% effective). - Babies too young to be vaccinated. And of course, you are taking part in resurrecting a disease that had been officially announced as eradicated in 2000.…

> Vaccinated people (because a vaccine is never 100% safe).

s/safe/effective

Also, I think you should rewrite your post without the insulting words in it. Writing it as such may be cathartic, but it is ineffective in convincing anyone.

Re: Anti-vaccination update: How the measles crisis struck Disneyland

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So depressing. If you're not vaccinating your child, you are putting the following people at risk: - Other idiots like yourself who chose not to vaccinate their child and their very unlucky children. - Vaccinated people (because a vaccine is never 100% effective). - Babies too young to be vaccinated. And of course, you are taking part in resurrecting a disease that had been officially announced as eradicated in 2000.…

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." - Daniel J. Boorstin ... And anti-vaccine folks are not ignorant, they are way more dangerous than that.

Re: Anti-vaccination update: How the measles crisis struck Disneyland

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So depressing. If you're not vaccinating your child, you are putting the following people at risk: - Other idiots like yourself who chose not to vaccinate their child and their very unlucky children. - Vaccinated people (because a vaccine is never 100% effective). - Babies too young to be vaccinated. And of course, you are taking part in resurrecting a disease that had been officially announced as eradicated in 2000.…

> Vaccinated people (because a vaccine is never 100% safe). s/safe/effective Also, I think you should rewrite your post without the insulting words in it. Writing it as such may be cathartic, but it is ineffective in convincing anyone.

You're right, effective is more accurate.

I picked my wording very carefully. I'm not one to use insults lightly but this topic enrages me. It's one thing to make choices that are detrimental to yourself, it's worse to make such choices that impact your children (who are helpless) but I think it's the ultimate disgrace to make choices that endanger the entire population.

Re: Anti-vaccination update: How the measles crisis struck Disneyland

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So depressing. If you're not vaccinating your child, you are putting the following people at risk: - Other idiots like yourself who chose not to vaccinate their child and their very unlucky children. - Vaccinated people (because a vaccine is never 100% effective). - Babies too young to be vaccinated. And of course, you are taking part in resurrecting a disease that had been officially announced as eradicated in 2000.…

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Re: Anti-vaccination update: How the measles crisis struck Disneyland

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> Vaccinated people (because a vaccine is never 100% safe). s/safe/effective Also, I think you should rewrite your post without the insulting words in it. Writing it as such may be cathartic, but it is ineffective in convincing anyone.

You're right, effective is more accurate. I picked my wording very carefully. I'm not one to use insults lightly but this topic enrages me. It's one thing to make choices that are detrimental to yourself, it's worse to make such choices that impact your children (who are helpless) but I think it's the ultimate disgrace to make choices that endanger the entire population.

So that means you're also against smoking and drinking...? Not trying to be snarky - but there are LOTS of activities that are socially acceptable that endanger others. And they are probably a whole lot more dangerous overall than lack of vaccination. (For the record, my children and I are vaccinated).

Re: Anti-vaccination update: How the measles crisis struck Disneyland

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So depressing. If you're not vaccinating your child, you are putting the following people at risk: - Other idiots like yourself who chose not to vaccinate their child and their very unlucky children. - Vaccinated people (because a vaccine is never 100% effective). - Babies too young to be vaccinated. And of course, you are taking part in resurrecting a disease that had been officially announced as eradicated in 2000.…

shouldn't insurance decline to pay for treatment of a disease when parents willfully declined vaccination? After all it is a completely irresponsible inviting of the problem just like driving while drunk.

Re: Anti-vaccination update: How the measles crisis struck Disneyland

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So depressing. If you're not vaccinating your child, you are putting the following people at risk: - Other idiots like yourself who chose not to vaccinate their child and their very unlucky children. - Vaccinated people (because a vaccine is never 100% effective). - Babies too young to be vaccinated. And of course, you are taking part in resurrecting a disease that had been officially announced as eradicated in 2000.…

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." - Daniel J. Boorstin ... And anti-vaccine folks are not ignorant, they are way more dangerous than that.

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Re: Anti-vaccination update: How the measles crisis struck Disneyland

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So depressing. If you're not vaccinating your child, you are putting the following people at risk: - Other idiots like yourself who chose not to vaccinate their child and their very unlucky children. - Vaccinated people (because a vaccine is never 100% effective). - Babies too young to be vaccinated. And of course, you are taking part in resurrecting a disease that had been officially announced as eradicated in 2000.…

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> Even the CDC has admitted it excluded the data showing that the chance of autism from vaccination increases based on the race of the children being injected.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/cdcwhistleblower.asp

> So keep using slurs to bash those who prefer to act in their own self interest rather than discussing the real facts.

Would you like to discuss some more "real facts?" I'm happy to oblige.

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