A chiropractor posted this gem on Twitter today:
Four grotesquely false claims in four sentences*, a fine example of antivax chiro idiocy.
In addition to the blithering stupidity of claiming polio “hasn’t gone away” and in the very next sentence alleging that better sanitation eradicated it, his clean water argument is bogus. Better sanitation actually contributed to a surge in paralytic polio cases in the '40s and '50s.
Chiropractors are often the butt of ‘stupid guy’ jokes. And the one you quoted is doing nothing to remedy that.
DDT causes polio, eh? I can only imagine how proud the operators of America’s chiropractic training programs must be.
I’ve gone to two different chiropractors over extended periods that have done a great job helping my back and neck get stronger and no longer cause me pain. Because that is what chiropractors are trained to do, and can be very successful at.
Then there are those who subscribe to the belief that since nerves run through your whole body, that adjusting your spine can somehow transmit health through your entire body, and prevent or cure all sorts of ailments. They can get into total woo pseudoscience homeopathic kinds of bullshit. Thank goodness I’ve never been stuck with a person like that. But I know they’re out there. Apparently, the origin of chiropractic medicine started with that sort of nonsense, as discussed in this old thread:
Generally, a good chiropractor is really acting as a kind of physical therapist. Like a sports medicine specialist. That’s what I’ve had success with.
Yeah, I’ve heard that from others, too. The physical manipulation can be very helpful. But those chiropractors who get all mystical likely do less good than the non-woo ones.
As this this thread is about antivaxers, I didn’t want to get into a general discussion of chiropractic, but this summary and related posts are helpful.
If your chiro stays in his/her lane, stays away from babies and your neck, and doesn’t disparage science-based care, they can do some good. But I’d preferentially seek out a good physical or massage therapist over someone who claims to fix imaginary “subluxations”.
I mean, I really want THAT in my obituary!
You know that’s gonna make anti vaxxers even more sure they were right all long.
It’s Demento Donny’s pick doing this. The FDA is a political arm of MAGA now.
80% of my DPT (Doctor of Physical Therapy - fancy!) son’s teachers were chiropractors.
There’s a pertussis outbreak in my region. The one mentioned here is in a region that has several Amish communities, where immunization is not prohibited but many of them do not do it unless they’re in a situation where it’s required.
This one is closer to home for me, and we do NOT have Amish communities. It’s possible that the people were immunized, and thankfully have milder cases as a result. It can depend on the strain or clade.
[From the material you quoted.]
A connection between ‘deciding to become a chiropractor’ and ‘being anti-science’ appears to exist—at least for some. (It would be unfair to assume “for all,” of course.)
Anyway, that does tie in to this thread’s topic.
Some New Year’s cheer for visitors to northern Kentucky’s Ark Encounter: you may have been exposed to measles by an unvaccinated patient.
They’re also cautioning people who stayed at a nearby Holiday Inn Express.
“But I did get fever and a rash last night.”
And to anyone who proclaims “At least they’re killing themselves off and helping solve the problem”: They are also killing off innocent people. Your “solution” is a major part of the problem.
Under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal health officials on Monday announced a sweeping and unprecedented overhaul of federal vaccine recommendations, abruptly paring down recommended immunizations for children from 17 to 11…
Under the new federal recommendations, universally recommended immunizations are pared down to these 11 diseases: measles, mumps, rubella, polio, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus, diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), pneumococcal disease, human papillomavirus (HPV), and varicella (chickenpox).
Immunizations against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), hepatitis A, hepatitis B, dengue, meningococcal ACWY, and meningococcal B are now only recommended for “high risk” groups. (Immunization against dengue was previously only recommended for certain groups.)
I’ve seen someone die from meningococcal meningitis. It’s not pretty but it is blissfully quick. He walked into the hospital ER and was brain dead by the time he reached the ICU an hour or so later. It’s one of the nights in my residency I will never forget. He was 29 and his wife was 7 months pregnant. It is a horrible horrible disease
Their ultimate goal is zero recommended vaccines.
One of two things is bound to happen:
Reported autism diagnoses will be found to stabilize or decrease (by a bogus RFK Jr./Geier “study”, most likely) and that will be announced as proof that vaccines cause autism.
Reported autism diagnoses will continue increasing, and that will be taken as an excuse to further gut the recommended vaccine schedule for children.
Lose/lose.
Exactly, starting with their own children.
That’s if they don’t develop disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and have to have all four limbs amputated, along with their noses, breasts, and penises, and also lose their kidneys and a good chunk of bowel - and somehow “recover” anyway.
I could slink into my grave without ever seeing another case of meningococcemia and that’d be just fine with me. I had hopes for that once, but perhaps I should give them up.