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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP. I'm not an anti vaxxer.  In fact, I am the opposite. I spend a lot of time working with an advocacy group trying to get important vaccination info out there.

Calling people trash is not helpful. It's the opposite actually. Unchecked anxiety, hysteria and name calling are not going to fix this problem. [/quote]

+1.  It actually feeds into the anti-vax narrative.  It promotes an us vs. them mentality.  Yes, they are wrong.  Yes, absent legitimate medical reasons, children should be vaccinated.  But just like a number of other choices, hostility is only going to return hostility.  And the more attention this draws as a cultural, rather than scientific, issue, the worse it will be for everyone.  It's not really different from the community shaming and abstinence only education strategy of reducing the harms of teen sex.  Sure, society could exclude and shame anyone that engages in any consensual sexual activity outside of a legally defined monogamous relationship.  If everyone abided by that kind of rule (not the shaming, but the confining their own activity), it would dramatically reduce the STI rates and unintended pregancies.  And yet, promoting those policies has been shown to have the opposite effect.  Similarly, it would be better if people did not engage in substance abuse.  Calling addicts trash does not promote recovery or reduce addiction rates.  The best case for both of those is enabling people to make the right choices for themselves, including reversing course when they make mistakes.  It is much easier to admit that you were wrong about blueberry muffins being better than bananna nut, rather than some core principle like medical autonomy. 
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Nahhh....trash is trash. If you for one second think science  or facts or 6 month old kids getting measles or dying from coughing would change the trash’s mind, you are so, so wrong. Just take a look at these disgusting apologists saying vaccinated kids are safe and they’re in grey areas and it’s the same as car seats. Treat these ignorant people like they treat others when they don’t vaccinate - with self sufficient superiority that is actually justified. [/quote]

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