Vaccines shook my baby!

[Elok]

Great, when Guy sees this he's going to be grumpy all night, and then poor Gal will have to deal with him. But, since it's up now, lemme just say that this **** is about ten thousand times worse than creationism.

[regexcellent]

Honestly as anti-science beliefs go, creationism is about the least detrimental. Who honestly needs to use evolutionary biology in their everyday lives? If you do, then you almost certainly accept evolution anyway.

[DaShi]

Honestly as anti-science beliefs go, creationism is about the least detrimental. Who honestly needs to use evolutionary biology in their everyday lives?

Um...people who develop vaccines?

[Krill]

Anti-vaccine book tells kids to embrace measles

Measles is responsible for thousands of tragic (and preventable) deaths each year. Which is perhaps why so many reviewers are panning a new (and apparently self-published) book by Stephanie Messenger, an Australian author and anti-vaccine activist. According to the author’s page, “Melanie’s Marvelous Measles” was written to:

Educate children on the benefits of having measles and how you can heal from them naturally and successfully. Often today, we are being bombarded with messages from vested interests to fear all diseases in order for someone to sell some potion or vaccine, when, in fact, history shows that in industrialized countries, these diseases are quite benign and, according to natural health sources, beneficial to the body. Having raised three children vaccine-free and childhood disease-free, I have experienced many times when my children’s vaccinated peers succumb to the childhood diseases they were vaccinated against.

Amazon reviewers have not taken kindly to Messenger’s suggestion that measles can be an “adventure,” either. As one recently wrote:

Isn’t Melanie lucky that she didn’t get pneumonia from her measles like 1 in 15 children (7%) do? I had measles when I was a toddler in the 1950s before there was a measles vaccine available. I was in hospital in an oxygen tent for over a week with bilateral pneumonia when I had measles.

And another:

I can only presume that the author was born after the successful vaccination programme made people complacent about the dangers of measles. I was not so lucky. In the epidemic of my childhood I was nearly blinded, and still have scars on my eyeballs. I was the lucky member of the family; my sister died from complications. Measles kills children. This book is irresponsible and misleading at best. At worst it could lead to the death of a child.

Messenger’s title seems to allude to the Roald Dahl book, “George’s Marvelous Medicine.” Dahl, however, was a strong proponent of vaccination, a position rooted in the tragic death of his young daughter from measles.

If any chlid dies fro measles and a parent states that this book persuaded them in not vaccinating their child, she should be indicted on manslaughter.

[Krill]

I think Guy doesn't have to post in this thread any more.

[Sava]

but I like when he posts

[Krill]

Hey, I said he didn't have to. Didn't say he wouldn't.

[Aeson]

I'm really curious as to what is wrong with people like that. We should dissect their brains. There has to be some sort of physical abnormality causing that lunacy.

It's a side effect of vaccines

[Aeson]

Honestly as anti-science beliefs go, creationism is about the least detrimental. Who honestly needs to use evolutionary biology in their everyday lives? If you do, then you almost certainly accept evolution anyway.

If you take it as far as disbelieving in any form of evolution then it could be a huge harm. Understanding how organisms adapt over time is critical in agriculture and medicine ...

And in democratic nations, even people who aren't directly involved often have a say in what we do.

[Dr Strangelove]

I run into this sort of stuff all the time. I've had a number of parents tell me that my attempts to tell them the truth violated their rights and have had them threaten to turn me in to the medical board. So far I've had no inquiries from the board about my scofflaw refusal to accept lies and new age medicine into my practice. Occassionally a few parents will be persuaded by exposure to the truth.

Sorry I'm not Guynemar. I try, really I do.

[Lorizael]

Weren't you a still a doctor when Guy was getting his infant vaccines?

[pchang]

Shingles

Not getting the Chicken Pox vaccine, I agree with. Everything else, no.

ACK!

So, you hope your kids get shingles when they get old?

[loinburger]

If they haven't gotten the chicken pox yet then they can get themselves inoculated when they turn 18

[Guynemer]

I thought this was a Jenny McCarthy joins The View thread.

I will burn this ****ing country to the ground.

TO THE MOTHER****ING GROUND.

[Guynemer]

Not getting the Chicken Pox vaccine, I agree with. Everything else, no.

ACK!