From that article: "Schneider tweeted late Tuesday night, “‘If the Freedom of Speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter,’ George Washington.”
So this dumbass is using his constitutionally protected freedom of speech to pretend that State Farm has taken it away.
Schneider is also the moron who said that mandatory immunization threatens the “precious immune systems” of children and is “something out of an Orwellian nightmare or Nazi Germany”.
It’s not surprising that a company that sells health insurance would want to drop a commercial spokesman who attacks a highly effective and safe health measure.
OK let’s talk about measles, particularly the three day or German kind. Rubella. The R in MMR
But before we do that we have to agree on one thing. Would you agree that couples that have children quite often have more than 1?
Ok now that you agree to that here we go.
You being the progressive parent that you are you didn’t have your child vaccinated with that evil mass produced MMR. And being a resident of an affluent community of like minded individuals many of the other kids the age of your off spring also aren’t vaccinated. Anyway one day at pre-K (Day care, elementary school, playground pick one) one of the other kids sneezes on your sprog and they get a load of Rubella.
Three day measles no big deal right? Gone in three and temp of maybe 100.
Well yeah except your wife is pregnant. Let’s look at the potential downside here
From wiki on Rubella.
Still think measles is no big thing?
IMHO not vaccinating is an asshole move.
So the anti-vaxxers had been gleefully singing the praises of Brian Hooker’s analysis of a ten year old paper trying to force it to show a link between the MMR vaccine and autism. Needless to say it was criticized heavily and several science bloggers showed the massive gaps of logic in the ‘analysis’ but the paper had been published anyway. Worst of all was the attempt to drag African-Americans to their ‘side’ by claiming they suffered the most autism cases from the vaccine. That was total bullshit as well.
However, in much less time than it took the Lancet to retract the Wakefield study, the Translational Neurodegeneration has apparently decided to retract
Mindlessly unable to fathom that if the statistical torture of that data was actual proof of a link between MMR and autism for that particular demographic, it was also disproof of the link for all other demographics. You’d almost think they had no understanding of science.
I haven’t read this whole thread yet, but I can’t take a flu shot. Because I’m allergic to eggs. It’s a very slight allergy from childhood, but it shows on allergy testing, and most doctors I’ve spoken with have informed me that they don’t want to take the chance (however minor) of a reaction.
I know that they have the nasal spray available, and I think they make some of the vaccinations without the egg proteins. What I find interesting is that I never used to get the flu. Never had it until my late 20’s. Then, there was a scare of a particularly bad strain going around, so I took the shot. And got the flu. And now I get it every year, like clockwork, even if I take steps to avoid it.
Do you really get influenza, or do you get an influenza-like illness? Do you have a sore throat and a fever and miss a day of work, or are you flat on your back unable to lift and arm and begging for death to come and relieve you of your misery?
Only 4% of the population gets influenza annually. Most people get an Acute Respiratory Infection, a rhinovirus, or something similar not actual influenza.
If you live in New York City, Dr. Offit will be at a free conference at NYU on vaccines on the 23rd and 24th of this month. I’m going to try and be there in the audience on the 23rd to cheer him on.
