Jerky » Sat Jan 24, 2015 6:57 pm wrote:The funding and backing for the anti-vaxxer "side" pales in comparison to the (far louder and, as far as I can tell, far more successful) anti-anti-vaxxer "side".
Recent revelations about the flu vaccine up here in Canada (as reported on that notorious conspiracy vector, the CBC) have shown that it is not only useless, but actually harmful in that it makes you MORE susceptible to flu in the years following the one for which you've been vaccinated. When I learned that, I was reminded of the fact that there is only one thing that The Powers That Be all agree on, to a man, and that is that there are far too many of us useless eaters out there in the world, and that the garden is in desperate need of pruning.
Compulsory vaccination of entire populations seems like a pretty good way to set us up for that eventual weeding, if you ask me.
J
I tend to err on the side of opposing the establishment, so naturally I'm inclined to agree with you.
At the same time, this subject has become a "crusade" for many people, and with those kind of subjects I've noticed people are willing to stretch the truth to advance their cause. So I'm hesitant to just accept claims at face value.
There is however an important distinction between the two sides, from my perspective. This difference is that the lies of the establishment pro-vaxxers are making certain people VERY wealthy. There is not that same self-centered monetary incentive behind the anti-vax campaign. To ignore this crucial distinction is very foolish.