Current Events > What makes people anti-vaxxers?

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I need honest answers to this honest question.
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Probably some kind of undiagnosed brain tumor.

They're just really prone to buying bullshit
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Ignorance and stupidity.
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it's the same as any other type of conspiracy theorist. like flat earthers. they want to feel like they're in on something the rest of the sheeple aren't and use pseudoscience to prove it
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Gullibility
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Paranoia that everything is trying to trick and kill them
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Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?
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Dunning-Kruger
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Awesome posted...

Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?

Correlations does not imply causation.
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Webmaster4531 posted...

Awesome posted...

Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?

Your mom seriously told you you were fine before the shot?

Oh look another crap response instead of a genuine one.
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LanHikari10 posted...

Awesome posted...

Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?

Correlations does not imply causation.

A person that actually has a brain would realize what happened instantly, are you for real?
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Awesome posted...

LanHikari10 posted...

Awesome posted...

Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?

Correlations does not imply causation.

A person that actually has a brain would realize what happened instantly, are you for real?

Can you provide some strong, legitimate medical evidence for your claim?
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Awesome posted...

Webmaster4531 posted...

Awesome posted...

Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?

Your mom seriously told you you were fine before the shot?

Oh look another crap response instead of a genuine one.

Don't shoot the messenger. Your mom is the one who lied to you.
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Awesome posted...

Webmaster4531 posted...

Awesome posted...

Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?

Your mom seriously told you you were fine before the shot?

Oh look another crap response instead of a genuine one.

If you always look for the exceptions you'll find them. However, if you make them the rule you will live in ignorance
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Webmaster4531 posted...

Awesome posted...

Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?

Your mom seriously told you you were fine before the shot?

L M F A O !
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Awesome posted...

Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?

Imagine being this dumb.
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Awesome posted...

LanHikari10 posted...

Awesome posted...

Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?

Correlations does not imply causation.

A person that actually has a brain would realize what happened instantly, are you for real?

Awesome posted...

Oh look another crap response instead of a genuine one.

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Awesome posted...

Webmaster4531 posted...

Awesome posted...

Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?

Your mom seriously told you you were fine before the shot?

Oh look another crap response instead of a genuine one.

To be fair, that's the level of response your question deserves.
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Probably the same area of the brain that causes people to believe in conspiracy theories, some chemical that makes them feel good for "seeing through the hidden truth of the world" or something like that.

PSA: Never take Awesome seriously. This has been a knowing CE's users moment.
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Awesome shits the bed so what do you guys expect

More child like responses trying to deligitimize what im saying, what are you guys blaming little timmys farina he has every morning for why he doesnt act the way he does before he gets shots?

You guys hate me but you know im right. People reading this topic know im right but all you guys do is act like you are in kindergarten. Thats why this country is a mess.
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Awesome posted...

More child like responses trying to deligitimize what im saying, what are you guys blaming little timmys farina he has every morning for why he doesnt act the way he does before he gets shots?

You guys hate me but you know im right. People reading this topic know im right but all you guys do is act like you are in kindergarten. Thats why this country is a mess.

This country is a mess because we have anti-vaxx people shitting their beds and spewing out asinine comments like this.

ThatMuttGuy posted...

Awesome posted...

More child like responses trying to deligitimize what im saying, what are you guys blaming little timmys farina he has every morning for why he doesnt act the way he does before he gets shots?

You guys hate me but you know im right. People reading this topic know im right but all you guys do is act like you are in kindergarten. Thats why this country is a mess.

This country is a mess because we have anti-vaxx people shitting their beds and spewing out asinine comments like this.

Thats the only response you could formulate? Congratulations youve graduated elementary school but youll have to take remedial classes before you start 6th grade.
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there's about the same amount of mercury in a vaccine as in a can of tuna. regular tuna eaters must be particularly autistic according to anti-vaxxer logic

or maybe it's because the babies go in undiagnosed and a few months later their symptoms that they were going to have with or without the shot start to appear
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Awesome posted...

Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?

I'm assuming "afterwards" is an exaggeration. The first signs of autism and the MMR vaccine (AKA "The Autism Shot") generally occur at about the same time in a child's life.

And if you're not exaggerating and you meant literally that the child gets the shot and becomes slow later that day, you're going to need to supply a damn good source.
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DK9292 posted...

Ignorance and stupidity.

TheAnthraxBunny posted...

Awesome posted...

Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?

I'm assuming "afterwards" is an exaggeration. The first signs of autism and the MMR vaccine (AKA "The Autism Shot") generally occur at about the same time in a child's life.

And if you're not exaggerating and you meant literally that the child get the shot and becomes slow later that day, you're going to need to supply a damn good source.

They never have reliable sources though.
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Before the internet, the average person didn't really have the resources to have a "voice" on certain issues. This lead to a society that, in general, was comfortable to deferring to experts or authorities on topics they knew nothing about.

Since the internet, your average person who doesn't have any business holding an opinion on expert topics throws in their two cents. To the uninformed eyes, that voice is equally as authoritative as the experts.

Combine this with common human biases, like confirmation bias, pretty much people operate on their intuitions on a subject and can readily get "evidence" or at least sizable support on any position, which just entrenches their initial belief, rather than a deliberate attempt at becoming informed.

Anti-vaxxers hold their beliefs under the presumption they are trying to protect their child. It's a basic instinct you can't fault them for if you treat the difficulty in differentiating the "signal from the noise" in today's information age as a systemic issue, rather than a personal fault. After all, even educated people fall for it.

The only way to sway them is either personal experience (e.g., a loved one contracts a serious illness and they change their stance as a result of that experience) or if you can somehow convince them that you're "on their side" in terms of the wanting the best for their child (or even their own health) and that vaccination is conducive to that. And even then, it can be difficult because of the aforementioned echo chambers the internet is so prone to hosting.
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Bump
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TheAnthraxBunny posted...

Awesome posted...

Can you explain why some kids are normal going to the doctors office for a shot, they get sick and then they are mentally slow afterwards?

I'm assuming "afterwards" is an exaggeration. The first signs of autism and the MMR vaccine (AKA "The Autism Shot") generally occur at about the same time in a child's life.

And if you're not exaggerating and you meant literally that the child gets the shot and becomes slow later that day, you're going to need to supply a damn good source.

@Awesome
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Being close to someone who appears to have had some sort of reaction to an injection, confirmation bias and a dose of paranoia.

I actually don't believe stupidity is as big a factor as people make it out to be.
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