# Anti-vaxxers are ignorant scumbags that kill children **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 1, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626 "2016-09-01T01:59:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 59
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1162 "2024-05-07T15:51:47Z")
In the past three years I have gotten six Covid shots, two flu shots, two shingles shots, a pneumonia shot, and a tetanus shot. I’m also going to be getting another Covid shot in July. So far I haven’t gained any superhuman abilities, nor have I developed any strange urges. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1163 "2024-05-07T19:18:13Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I’ve read of numerous ignorant parents who believe that vaccinating for HPV will just encourage young people to have premarital sex. Is it numerous people, or just a few fringe loonies who get a lot of press? You know, like the mere 80 million or so who thought it was a good idea to vote Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1164 "2024-05-07T19:32:12Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > So far I haven’t gained any superhuman abilities, nor have I developed any strange urges. That’s just what _they_ want you to think! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1165 "2024-05-07T20:00:04Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > Is it numerous people, or just a few fringe loonies who get a lot of press? The same people who don’t want their daughter to go on the pill because she’ll become promiscuous. A lot of people don’t understand the whole “prevent cervical cancer” benefit of the vaccine. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1166 "2024-05-07T20:04:37Z")
Hell, their daughter can remain “pure” or whatever until marriage but it turns out her _now_ 🙄 oh so godly straight and narrow husband fooled around before finding her and/or Christ and passes something along anyway. Not only to her but any potential children they may have. It’s just another poorly disguised attempt at legislating morality and to hell with innocent bystanders. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1167 "2024-05-07T20:06:40Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > A lot of people don’t understand the whole “prevent cervical cancer” benefit of the vaccine. I think they do - that’s what it’s advertised for, after all. But, if you just Don’t Have Sex, you have the same end result: no cervical cancer. Right? So if you don’t have the thread of cervical cancer, you might go out and have sex because it’s not dangerous, right? Somehow, I really, really doubt that “might get cancer in 25 years” is high on the list of reasons a young person does or does not have sex. The pill / promiscuity at least makes slightly more sense. After all, NOBODY goes on the pill unless they plan to “need” it, right? (nobody ever takes it to control anything other than pregnancy, after all, right?..). ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1168 "2024-05-07T20:54:20Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > NOBODY goes on the pill unless they plan to “need” it, right? (nobody ever takes it to control anything other than pregnancy, after all, right?..). Just in case you aren’t being facetious: > **[What Are the Benefits & Advantages of Birth Control Pills?](https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control/birth-control-pill/what-are-the-benefits-of-the-birth-control-pill)** > > Birth control pills are a safe, simple & convenient way to prevent pregnancy. Other benefits include making your periods regular & easing menstrual cramps. > The combination pill can also help prevent or lessen: > > - acne > - bone thinning > - cysts in your breasts and ovaries > - endometrial and ovarian cancers > - serious infections in your ovaries, fallopian tubes, and uterus > - iron deficiency (anemia) > - PMS ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1169 "2024-05-07T23:10:07Z")
Trust me, I was being facetious. Sadly, there are people that ARE that clueless. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1170 "2024-05-08T00:00:55Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > So far I haven’t gained any superhuman abilities, nor have I developed any strange urges. You have to be bitten by a vaccinated spider for that to happen. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1171 "2024-05-08T00:19:17Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You have to be bitten by a vaccinated spider for that to happen. _Note to self: avoid vaccinated spiders. At my age I’m in no mood to deal with any more strange urges. And I don’t need the great responsibilities that come with great powers. It’s all I can deal with to take care of my cat._ ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1172 "2024-05-08T00:56:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You have to be bitten by a vaccinated spider for that to happen. I’ve been bitten by a vaccinated dog. I have yet to manifest dog powers. 😞 ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1173 "2024-05-08T01:06:24Z")
Who’s a good boy? Atamasama! Yes you are! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1174 "2024-05-08T02:04:15Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I’ve been bitten by a vaccinated dog. > > I have yet to manifest dog powers. Be grateful! Suppose you got bloodhound nose power! Think about it… ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1175 "2024-05-08T04:54:25Z")
I am still not magnetic. I am sorely disappointed, I was positive it would happen after my 6th covid jab. The jabs are free, 20 gauge tapestry needles aren’t. A friend told me that the reason it isn’t happening is because the vaccinated spider had to be radioactive as well. A different person told me that it was best that I did not attend a volunteer meeting because I had recently gotten a jab and would be leaking viruses all over the place. I am no longer a volunteer. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1176 "2024-05-08T07:50:03Z")
No longer volunteer, you are now part AI. Thats what the jab does! I’ll not forget Maganut sticking a dime on his forehead on the bus. “See?” ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1177 "2024-05-08T13:07:17Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Trust me, I was being facetious. Sadly, there are people that ARE that clueless. I thought so, but maybe my two minutes of research can help fight others’ ignorance – because I’m aware we walk amongst the clueless. (Not so much here on the Dope, but still …) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1178 "2024-05-08T13:50:30Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I am still not magnetic. I am sorely disappointed, Speaking of magnetism and disappointment, the medical license of Sherri Tenpenny D.O. [has been reinstated](https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2024-05-06/ohio-board-reinstates-license-of-doctor-who-made-controversial-claims-about-covid-vaccines) by the Ohio medical board, after she paid a $3000 fine and agreed to cooperate with investigators. So in Ohio, you can espouse bizarre lunacy and still legally practice medicine. It remains to be seen if another physician suffering from crank magnetism will escape sanctions from medical regulators in Great Britain. [Dr. David Cartland](https://barthsnotes.com/2024/04/23/conspiracist-doctor-apologises-over-paedophile-accusation/) has a scheduled hearing before the General Medical Council later this year. In addition to being a raving antivaxer and “chemtrails” enthusiast, he’s propagated grotesque anti-Semitic bigotry on Twitter and recently had to apologize to another doctor he linked to pedophilia. A painful slap on the wrist will no doubt be forthcoming from the GMC. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1179 "2024-05-08T14:13:11Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Make sure you hop up and down for a while so it gets swished around. Use is contraindicated for those using a Mentos as a IUD. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1180 "2024-05-08T14:15:45Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Use is contraindicated for those using a Mentos as a IUD. That might be popular on Only Fans though. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1181 "2024-05-08T14:27:13Z")
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