Facebook reporting algorithms facilitate harassment of pro-science advocates by antivaxers

[HuckleB]

http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/03/10/once-again-facebook-reporting-algorithms-facilitate-harassment-of-pro-science-advocates-by-antivaccine-cranks/

All-too familiar stuff. The anti-vaccine crusade is simply unethical to the core. The behavior is astoundingly bizarre, and, again, all too reminiscent online.

[Buzz Clik]

1. Anti-vax is Darwinian. They'll be gone in two generations.

[EllieBC]

2. I actually feel bad for their kids. :(

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Most of the anti-vaxxers had smart parents who vaccinated them.

So these assholes have enjoyed a fairly disease free life. No worries about measles encephalitis. No concerns about pertussis that lands them in a PICU on a ventilator.

But they won't give that to their own kids who are defenseless against their parent's woo.

If it were the asshole parents dying I would join you in that cheery note. But it's their kids that'll get sick and that just makes me sad.

[HuckleB]

3. Indeed. Also, their friends and neighbors.