This rebuttal to an anti-vaxxer by Marilyn Armstrong makes a sound argument.
I wanted to publish this exchange because it’s a good example of why I dislike anti-vaxxers. They have beliefs based on out-of-context data and a lack of scientific and factual testing. Their “opinions” don’t merely endanger them, their family and friends, but everyone who comes near them.
Vaccination at Dartmouth High School – but that was before, when there were vaccines
It’s one thing to distrust big pharma for over-pricing necessary medication or horticulturists who create super fast-growing seeds that make food less tasty and wipes out smaller farms that produced better food in smaller crops. To distrust vaccinations which have saved entire generations from the horrors of smallpox and polio — among other things — is not an alternative view. It’s fear and rumor-mongering. It isn’t based on science or research. It’s fear reaching out.
Yes, you can have a reaction to the shots. Garry is having one today…
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lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Well said. They drain my very soul with their nonsense and you find they have similar beliefs about the earth being flat etc.
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The earth isn’t flat?
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Thanks for sharing Judy 🙂
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Interesting article. I’ve heard thoughts like “Doctors and pharmaceutical companies want us sick so they can sell us pills.” I suppose vaccine resisters fit in with that.
A bit further out, I’ve a friend who doesn’t want me to call her on my cell hone because signals given by my cell phone will somehow mess up her phone service. Someone was in her apt with a cell phone one day and after they left, her phone wasn’t working right. Scientific evidence.
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At least she isn’t wearing an aluminum foil hat to protect her from those messages from other planets.
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Ah, but Marilyn, might we suspect that the aliens have adapted their broadcasts to target those wearing tin-foil hats? Those shiny tops aren’t blockers – they’re ANTENNAS!
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So sorry! I didn’t mean to show my ignorance! I guess I’ll put my tin foil hat away. I have too many TV stations already.
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