Stuff like this on the anti-HPV vaccine Gardasil, doesn’t help.
Well, the anti-vaxxers are desperately trying to claim it is ‘vaccine shedding’ which is farce. They are already declaring that is the true cause.
On the other hand, what do the RW’ers call tourists? Temporary illegal immigrants?
And now it’s infected five infants less than a year old in a Chicago daycare. Their patient zero hasn’t been identified, other than as an adult.
This just in: Even California is getting sick of anti-vaxxer excuses.
Here’s a more balanced take on the issue
That was a week ago. Now it is 121 cases in 17 states and Washington, DC.
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/measles-outbreak-up-to-121-cases-nationwide-71474/
If those parents don’t face criminal charges then I would say any insurance company should reject paying for the costs of the child’s inevitable hospitalization.
From that site:
““People did this with chicken pox all the time,” said Art Reingold, an epidemiologist at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health in an interview. ”Parents would have kids lick a lollipop and give it to other kids, or mail it to other kids… The basic notion is ‘This is my opportunity for my kid to get immune the old fashioned way, the way God intended.’””
Yeah, measles ain’t Chicken Pox dumbshits.
It was a fucking stupid idea then and it’s a fucking stupid idea now.
However, now I know who to invite to the Bubonic Plague party I’ve been dreaming of.
I’m waiting for the HPV parties. Those should be fun.
Not true according to Snopes.
OK, a question for those who know more about the crap anti-vaxers make up than I do. Someone I know claimed Bill Gates’ polio vaccine killed a bunch of people in India and gave a bunch more polio. Like 10,000+ (each)
I’d never heard this claim before and just replied that India had recently been declared polio free so we were at an impasse.
Can anyone fill me in? (I fear the sites I’d be led to if I did I Google search) Is there a quick shut down to this claim?
I know it’s a threadjack, but I figured these are the people who would know 
There’s a crapload of antivax/natural medicine sites pushing the vaccine kills story.
Thanks!
I actually want to organise rabies parties. Line up to get nipped by Ray the Rabid Raccoon!
However, I am a complete bastard.
Study claims that low vaccination rates led to measles or something. I’ll be honest with you, I only read the first paragraph of the story. I get distracted easily.
(They lost me at “math”)
Having returned to the SDMB after a long hiatus I’d normally be thrilled to see a thread I started still going strong. Alas, it’s this one - and for all the wrong reasons. Thanks to all those still fighting the good fight against t3h st00pid.
We also missed out on Jimmy Kimmel’s hilarious anti-anti-vaxx PSA that resulted in a complete meltdown of the anti-vaxxers, in particular Mike Adams, who went thermonuclear dumbass and accused Kimmel of being the equivalent of being racist and gay-bashing.
With the measles outbreak, we are seeing the anti-vaxxers getting more an more shrill.
So what does it take to change an anti-vaxxer’s mind? Seven of her kids getting Whooping Cough.