Poll of the Day > Anti vaxxers from the 50s

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXXKJ6SqjY4

Hmmm

he sounds like hes making things up as the words are coming out of his mouth.

I mean, that's around when all this shit happened. It's all pretty funny - people barely cared about this crap before movies were made.

I have no problem with people in the 50's being skeptical.

Doctors and virologists are actual superheroes. I can't stand people who shit on them. They're literally saving lives and saving people from agonizing death. People ought to hug them and be on their knees thanking them for the miracles of modern medicine.

Krow_Incarnate posted...

I have no problem with people in the 50's being skeptical.

That's definitely a charitable word to use for biological terrorists.

Anyway, these people are UFO nutters, not anti-vaxxers. But they pretty much overlap these days as "people who smoke too much weed or Fox news".

They basically use the same logic, these days I think they are much longer winded, having an unlimited supply of bullshit.

Krow_Incarnate posted...

I have no problem with people in the 50's being skeptical.

maybe they should be skeptical about UFO claims lmfao pwnt

Straughan posted...

Doctors and virologists are actual superheroes. I can't stand people who shit on them. They're literally saving lives and saving people from agonizing death. People ought to hug them and be on their knees thanking them for the miracles of modern medicine.

Most people today have no clue just how horrendous tetanus can be. It causes severe muscle spasms lasting several minutes for up to four weeks, sometimes strong enough to break bones. 10% of cases are fatal, even with medical treatment.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/3/4/AAQwHjAADmD-.jpg

The bacteria that causes tetanus can be found in soil and dust all over the world. All it takes is a cut or puncture from a contaminated object to become infected.

The disease is nearly 100% preventable with immunization. Boosters are recommended every 10 years.

captpackrat posted...

The disease is nearly 100% preventable with immunization. Boosters are recommended every 10 years.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/unvaccinated-boy-almost-died-tetanus-hospital-bill-was-more-800-n981256

After the boy was finally released, he returned to normal activities, including running and bicycling, the CDC report stated. His parents chose not to have him vaccinated further.

At least Nazis admit when they are murdering people. Anti-vaxxers are worse because they choose not to admit it.

Talk about "think about the children"

Yellow posted...

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/unvaccinated-boy-almost-died-tetanus-hospital-bill-was-more-800-n981256

At least Nazis admit when they are murdering people. Anti-vaxxers are worse because they choose not to admit it.

Talk about "think about the children"

tbf they literally will listen to Nazis because they are too incapable of parsing fact and fiction. they are the types of people that made Nazism work. constant finger-pointing at a bogeyman.

ReturnOfFa posted...

tbf they literally will listen to Nazis because they are too incapable of parsing fact and fiction. they are the types of people that made Nazism work. constant finger-pointing at a bogeyman.

Fun fact, nazis thought the Earth was hollow, and invested heavily in telescopes to spy on North America. They rejected nuclear bombs as "Jewish science". They invested heavily into unrealistic architecture and weapons.

Yellow posted...

Fun fact, nazis thought the Earth was hollow, and invested heavily in telescopes to spy on North America. They rejected nuclear bombs as "Jewish science".

Yessir. I'm quite familiar with the distinct throughlines between present 'conspiracy theories' and Nazi beliefs. It's so fundamentally boring how little background research these folks do. Ancient Aliens is basically just Nazi BS put through a meatgrinder.

That video is just about UFOs though

VampireCoyote posted...

That video is just about UFOs though

all people that are inclined towards bad conspiracies are easily pulled into other bad conspiracies. it's literally the same. they have deemed themselves 'special' receivers of 'hidden' knowledge and they consider themselves beyond reproach.

VampireCoyote posted...

That video is just about UFOs though

Yes

My point was they all sound exactly the same to me, but whatever, it's a cool video anyway. I recommend subbing to the channel.

This vid is way too buried on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/eeO3wm2y2zI

Straughan posted...

Doctors and virologists are actual superheroes. I can't stand people who shit on them. They're literally saving lives and saving people from agonizing death. People ought to hug them and be on their knees thanking them for the miracles of modern medicine.

Andrew Wakefield was a former doctor.

ReturnOfFa posted...

Ancient Aliens is basically just Nazi BS put through a meatgrinder.

Wat.

Yellow posted...

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/unvaccinated-boy-almost-died-tetanus-hospital-bill-was-more-800-n981256

All seemed fine, until six days later when he started crying and experiencing involuntary muscle spasms and clenching his jaw. Soon he was arching his neck and suffering back and muscle contractions throughout his body.

When he began to have trouble breathing, his parents called for emergency services

Anti-vaxxers are one thing, but watching your child spasm in agony and refusing to take him to the hospital until his life is unmistakably in immediate danger is just sick. I'm sure part of that is the fear of a giant medical bill and the hope that he'd get better without having to spend money, because US medicine is fundamentally broken, but even so.

I really should book a tetanus booster. I'm a year overdue for one.

Straughan posted...

Doctors and virologists are actual superheroes. I can't stand people who shit on them. They're literally saving lives and saving people from agonizing death. People ought to hug them and be on their knees thanking them for the miracles of modern medicine.

To be fair, there's no shortage of examples of the medical and pharmaceutical industries doing shady things (Wakefield's study that catalyzed the anti-vaxx movement being one such example, actually, given that the whole thing was fabricated on the dime of lawyers representing a handful of parents who wanted to sue somebody for their kids developing autism), so I can understand some distrust. Combine that with a population that's too scientifically illiterate to reliably assess how credible a new claim is, and you've got people picking and choosing what to trust based on gut reactions and pre-existing biases, which is a perfect recipe for the disaster we're currently living through.

ArchaeaOttoia posted...

Do you find sexual gratification through posting inaccuracies?

I'm not the one calling a Greek guy a Nazi.

Revelation34 posted...

I'm not the one calling a Greek guy a Nazi.

What do you believe makes Greek people unable to espouse Nazi beliefs/information?

adjl posted...

What do you believe makes Greek people unable to espouse Nazi beliefs/information?

The Nazi's definitely believed that a History channel show espoused their own beliefs.

Revelation34 posted...

The Nazi's definitely believed that a History channel show espoused their own beliefs.

I mean, I know you're being facetious and we both know the Nazis didn't know about the History Channel...but they'd be stoked on it espousing their 'theories', yes.

ReturnOfFa posted...

I mean, I know you're being facetious and we both know the Nazis didn't know about the History Channel...but they'd be stoked on it espousing their 'theories', yes.

The theory existed before Nazis did.

Revelation34 posted...

Wat.

Revelation34 posted...

I'm not the one calling a Greek guy a Nazi.

Nobody called Giorgio Tsoukalos a Nazi. Someone can not be a Nazi and mistakenly espouse Nazi rhetoric. Many Ancient Alien 'theories' are lifted from Nazi 'theories'. Suggesting that the Nazis were in contact with Aliens is literally covered in entire episodes. Seems like a pretty keen claim to make of a bunch of murderous psychos.

Revelation34 posted...

The theory existed before Nazis did.

...so? Hating Jewish people did as well, but if you're presently espousing anti-semitic tropes, you're going to get compared to Nazis first, not some obscure person in the 1880s.

Like, yes, you are correct. But not coming to the same conclusion.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/01/02/close-encounters-racist-kind

It is also extremely historically revisionist and eliminates autonomy from real ancient civilizations, frequently making claims that certain peoples were incapable of the building feats they question, while never questioning the structures created by European cultures in the same eras.