5 Reasons to Not
Vaccinate Your Kids
by Totally the Bomb
(Review)
by Totally the Bomb
(Review)
Whether
or not a parent should vaccinate their kids is a debate that has been going on
since vaccinations were created. It is also one of those subjects that people
tend to avoid discussing in public situations because of the conflicts and arguments
that repeatedly ensue, but the question is still out there, and people want a
straightforward answer. This article,
will not give you one. Here is a paragraph by paragraph review of the article, “5
reasons to NOT vaccinate your kids.”
The Introduction.
The article starts the first
paragraph by insulting every parent who has ever decided to do something
because they felt it was the right choice for their children. It is especially
targeted against mothers. You can feel the author’s eyes rolling in her head
while you read phrases like, “parents absolutely know what’s best for their
kids in every situation.” “Mom’s automatically know what to do.” “They know
better than anyone . . .” “. . . the entirety of human knowledge is written
into her essence . . . every decision she makes for child is absolutely right .
. .” “[T]he vaccination debate is
ridiculous to me . . . because moms inherently know more than anyone.”
Right from the start we can see that this paper is not actually going to answer our questions, but is actually a rant. At this point, I usually stop reading; however, let’s go on and see what the points are, and then break them down further.
Right from the start we can see that this paper is not actually going to answer our questions, but is actually a rant. At this point, I usually stop reading; however, let’s go on and see what the points are, and then break them down further.
Reason 1: You don’t like them anyway.
This “reason”
is another insult. Here the author states that she understands that people don’t
like their kids and so would like them to the die, so that they can start
over. She correctly says that this
mindset “is evil, and disgusting,” but doesn’t strengthen her argument. Instead
she declares her desire that said parents get bitten by a million fire ants,
and compares the likely hood of that happing being less than their kids
catching a deadly virus because “you’re an inherent dumb-dumb.”
Reason 2: You’re more scared of big scientific sounding words than you are of viruses that have killed millions upon millions of people.
Again,
the author states that she understands, using the words, “I get it,” and then
stating that vaccines have lot of “big, scary words.” She mentions that some of
the ingredients have been linked to carcinogenic risks (can cause cancer) and
that some people are allergic to some of the stuff in the vaccines. Those two
points are real concerns, but she says that those shouldn’t worry you because
the doctors make you wait for fifteen minutes after a shot to make sure you don’t
have any adverse reactions. Because that way if they react, (within the fifteen
minutes), the doctors are there to help them. That might work for allergies,
but cancer usually doesn’t manifest itself in a fifteen minutes’ time frame.
Neither do the adverse effects of mercury, or even some allergic reactions. To
say that fifteen minutes is sufficient to tell whether or not someone is being
harmed by a vaccine is illogical. She finishes this paragraph in the same
insulting manner that she started it, but pulling up a large word “Dihydrogen
Monoxide (water), and says that it kills people too, but we don’t care about it
being in our body, and that is a good enough reason to “put away your
dictionary and stop freaking out over words that you maybe don’t understand.”
It may have been unintentional, but the phrase “maybe don’t understand”
acknowledges that the people she is insulting might actually know what the
words mean. Also, comparing water, which you need to live, and virus, mercury,
aluminum, puss, and all the other nasty, poisonous things that come in the
average vaccination is not a good case point. Moving on . . .
Reason 3: You believe all internet memes are true.
This
whole argument is based off the belief that you didn’t vaccine your kids
because you saw a meme, one meme, where Gandhi said he was against them. Moving on . . .
Reason 4: You’d rather your children build their immunity to thigs like polio and measles naturally . . . just like you did.
From
looking at the list of reasons so far, this one seemed like it was actually
going to give us some good information; however, it was a disappointing one
liner that said that nobody has ever built up a natural polio immunity because
everyone’s parents had them vaccinated. She assumes that your parents, and
everyone’s parents had them vaccinated. And yet that isn’t the case. The fact
that she doesn’t address the issue and instead brushes it off, again like
everyone is an idiot, what could have been a strong point for her had she
addressed the question is now just another point against her.
Reason 5: You know more about vaccines from that one article you read online than your pediatrician knows after eight years of higher education and thousands of hours of study.
The
stated reason here is almost a good argument; however, the author makes the
mistake of again declaring that people who don’t vaccinate their kids do it
because of “one article.” Not because they have done any study of the subject
on their own. As for the study that doctors do, they do a lot yes, but that doesn’t
mean that they know everything. And here is a thought, we know that the media
is controlled by powerful people who use it further their own agendas. Text
books in college are not exempt. If someone is taught for “eight years” that
vaccines are good and only showed that side of it, of course they are going to
come out and declare it to the world. People were taught that the world was
flat for hundreds of years and it was only after much persecution and some
martyrdoms that the truth was brought out. I am not saying that pediatricians
and doctors don’t know what they are talking about, but people should be aware
that studying something for yourself gives you a stronger ability to choose
what is best for you and your family. But I digress, let’s see if she can back
her argument.
She
uses a five minute youtube video of Jimmy Kimball insulting the intelligence of
anti-vaccine parents. Jimmy does give a few thoughts of why this could be
dangerous, even if he does do it in a disrespectful manner. One, unvaccinated
kids are at risk of diseases. Two, unvaccinated kids are a risk to vaccinated
kids. Three, vaccinated kids are a risk to kids too young to be vaccinated.
Let’s look at these. One, yes that is a good point, which is why we are wondering about vaccines in the first place. Two, another word for vaccination is “immunization” if vaccines really work than kids who get them are immune and therefore not at risk of the disease ever again. Either they work, or they don’t. Which brings us back to the question, do they work? Three, if you go to https://www.vaccines.gov/who_and_when/infants_to_teens/ it will show you the list of vaccines and the earliest ages that they should be administrated. Most of them are administered for the first time when the baby is six weeks old. Some of them are administered right after the baby is born. New policies are trying to be pushed right now that administer more and more vaccines to newborn babies. So, if someone follows what the CDC suggest and gets their vaccines at the earliest convenience, there shouldn’t be much, if any, risk to newborns.
Jimmy Kimball finishes his insulting tirade of eye rolls, and electronically stimulated laughter by showing a clip of four people in scrubs who declare that they are doctors. There are no names, occupations or other forms of identification given to verify that they are indeed doctors. The doctors themselves give no reasons why you should vaccinate your kids. They yell at you, swear at you, and talk about how you are wasting the time that they would spending watching “Breaking Bad” (a show about a man who works in a home meth lab).
Let’s look at these. One, yes that is a good point, which is why we are wondering about vaccines in the first place. Two, another word for vaccination is “immunization” if vaccines really work than kids who get them are immune and therefore not at risk of the disease ever again. Either they work, or they don’t. Which brings us back to the question, do they work? Three, if you go to https://www.vaccines.gov/who_and_when/infants_to_teens/ it will show you the list of vaccines and the earliest ages that they should be administrated. Most of them are administered for the first time when the baby is six weeks old. Some of them are administered right after the baby is born. New policies are trying to be pushed right now that administer more and more vaccines to newborn babies. So, if someone follows what the CDC suggest and gets their vaccines at the earliest convenience, there shouldn’t be much, if any, risk to newborns.
Jimmy Kimball finishes his insulting tirade of eye rolls, and electronically stimulated laughter by showing a clip of four people in scrubs who declare that they are doctors. There are no names, occupations or other forms of identification given to verify that they are indeed doctors. The doctors themselves give no reasons why you should vaccinate your kids. They yell at you, swear at you, and talk about how you are wasting the time that they would spending watching “Breaking Bad” (a show about a man who works in a home meth lab).
The
author concludes her article by declaring that even though she hasn’t lived anyone else's situation she is going to judge them anyways. She tells the reader,
assuming that the reader is anti-vaccine, that they are stupid. She describes
how much her blood boils with furious hatred toward you for making your
children vulnerable, and for putting other children at risk. She mentions that
cancer patients could be put at risk, which makes sense because they have no
immune system during their treatments. She says that unvaccinated children are
time bombs that will spread illnesses that haven’t been around for years
because you are too afraid to give them a medically sound shot. That, admittedly,
does sound a bit scary, but when looking at it logically it really isn’t. If
the disease isn’t around anymore, then there is no chance that a child could
pick it up. And, if the only place the disease exists is in the shots, then it
isn’t the unvaccinated kids that are the carriers, it is the vaccinated ones
because they are the ones that have been in contact with the disease. Her ending
statement “Don’t be that parent that we all hate.” Is once again overly
inclusive. Does everyone hate them? Or just her? She openly stated earlier that
she did, but that doesn’t mean that everyone else does too.
In
conclusion, this article is worthless if you are looking for information about
whether or not you should vaccinate your children. It is an insult to not only the intelligence
of those worried about vaccines, but to those who promote them as well. Even
though the author states repeatedly that “she gets it,” she really doesn’t. I know
a good number of people who are anti-vaccine and people are pro-vaccine.
Everyone I know has their reasons for what they choose. To say that you “get it”
for everyone’s reasons is ridiculous. That would be declaring yourself
omniscient, all knowing, and understanding. Due to the lack of facts and
consideration for other’s concerns that are found in this article, the author
is definitely not all knowing. You may be wondering why I went through all the
trouble to write this out. My reason is that I am tired of people throwing
their ignorant thoughts around hoping to make others looks stupid. If material
isn’t uplifting and doesn’t help people gain new insight into a topic, then it
is worthless. We all have thoughts, but opinions are only formed after
experience and personal study. If you want to share your opinion, study it
first. Otherwise you will make a fool of
yourself, and while fools are fun laugh at, they are never taken seriously.
Thank you for reading,Sincerely,
Sam
