The link to the original article can be found here. I feel that anti-vaxxers should not spread misinformation. With that said, anti-vaxxers feel they are not spreading misinformation. Is the government freaking me out because they gave loans to groups of people who are anti-vaxxers? I would say, I could not disagree more with what these groups are advocating but for the government to interfere would also freak me out. What about the first amendment? Is our government a dictatorship? If the government did not give loans to these groups for what they are doing, I think that would be worse in terms of the power our government would have. When I say “worse”, I do not mean either/or. I mean having anti-vaxxers advocating garbage and having a government deciding to hush them by having them go to pot is also compounding horrible things that are happening in the world.
According to what I know, these loans were on a first-come, first-serve basis. If there were groups who needed loans more who helped children find safe homes, or feeding them, and they didn’t get the money needed because these anti-vaxxer groups did, that would tick me off. I don’t have that kind of information in terms of who on the list did not get funding because some other group did.
I wonder about how an anti-vaxxer and someone who believes in following the Hippocratic Oath differ. An anti-vaxxer will not vaccinate because they believe it causes harm. Someone who takes no action, does no harm, and thus they do not break the Hippocratic Oath (according to them). It is going to depend on your vantage point whether you are breaking the Hippocratic Oath or not. There is a truth, however.
I am of the opinion that you can do harm by taking no action. I feel the Hippocratic Oath should be updated to reflect this. By not knowing how to treat someone because you are not aware of all of the facts should be considered breaking the Hippocratic Oath. Shame on people who spread misinformation about vaccines and pretend to know science. Shame on they who are easily persuaded by garbage and have strong desires to convince people that vaccines are horrible. Why do people not understand that our societies are far far better off having vaccines?
Why do we have cars when some people die in car wrecks? People and cars are far riskier than vaccines by a long shot. Should we not drive cars as well? If you are an anti-vaxxer, shame on you for driving a car and shame on you for doing anything that causes risks in anyone’s life. Don’t be a hypocrite. Go ahead and believe what you will, anti-vaxxers, but stay true to the concept in every aspect of your life. Your life will suck. Imagine your life when you are causing no risk greater than what a vaccine is responsible for.
Hopefully an anti-vaxxer’s sentiment can be controlled via CRISPR technology. 😉 I will talk to the government regarding municipal water and Coca-Cola (i.e., Dasani, etc.).