Climate Change denialists aren't a problem. The problem is the people who understand Climate Change is a thing, but refuse to do anything about it since they're not going to be affected by it, and fighting it would diminish their wealth.
The thing is, the former vote for the latter (or at least for politicians bought out by the latter), giving the latter the power to keep making the problem worse while building themselves a bigger pile of money to stand on while the rest of the world ends up underwater. Case in point: Trump got elected on a platform of climate change denial and promptly gutted the EPA.
Krissa posted...
What if there was a way to help with symptoms? Wouldn't this be useful to a lot of people? Knowing causes is what helps find cures.
Yes, researching causes and treatment options are indeed good, helpful ideas. Clinging desperately to a single, falsified study suggesting autism is linked to the second-greatest advancement in public health in human history, however, is not researching causes and treatment options. It's bringing back diseases that are infinitely worse than autism could ever be.
Krissa posted...
How many people do you know with a disease other than cancer?
I personally have asthma, as do my sister, mother, and possibly girlfriend (undiagnosed, but symptomatic). My girlfriend has hypothyroidism and chronic headaches, as well as some tendonitis (there's room for debate as to whether that's a disease or an injury, but the distinction is largely academic). My mother has GERD.
And that's just chronic diseases, and just what I can come up with off the top of my head. It also doesn't include mental illnesses. If we start getting into acute diseases, then the list grows every time somebody I know catches a cold (and then shrinks again when they recover) or other such issue, which is very much not a rare occurrence. That is a terribly, terribly silly question for you to ask.
I'd like to see your sources. There are studies proving the link between illness and neurodegeneration and heavy metal toxicity. Aside from this, newborns are injected with these heavy metals. Even hypothetically, if we weren't talking about Autism, this is a clear undeniable problem. I'm not saying there shouldn't be a cure for diseases. That would be sadistic. The problem is that they aren't making a humane/complete/safe product. People are so used to accepting minimum quality products that this doesn't seem to bother anyone. Oh it's ok if people die and society gets dumber. Of course there's no benefit to the govt for society getting dumb..but I digress. Also, if a person contracts a disease, why do you care? You're protected right?
Thank you for the break down. Actually it's not a "single" study nor is it "falsified". When I say study, of course, I mean Science journals- More than one. If your only form of information is coming from word of mouth and bias articles, there's no debate. My point was that none of the issues you've mentioned are "old diseases". They're actually pretty big issues though I'd say..