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slipslidingaway

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24. "I get vaccinated not just for myself, but for everyone around me."

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 14, 2013, 12:02 AM

Dec 2013

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This is Ben. He is immunocompromised and cannot be vaccinated... [View all] Playinghardball Dec 2013 OP

k&r idwiyo Dec 2013 #1

Vaccines. And now my kids don't die... SidDithers Dec 2013 #2

That's the only real reason I know of for not getting immunized. As long as only a few... Hekate Dec 2013 #3

My mother lost four siblings to the Spanish Flu. Rozlee Dec 2013 #10

du rec. xchrom Dec 2013 #4

I really don't get this anti-science backlash... Jasana Dec 2013 #5

It's not from the left Lordquinton Dec 2013 #8

The most anti vaccine folks I know Rainforestgoddess Dec 2013 #14

Yep. wildeyed Dec 2013 #33

Ok, honest I don't know for sure but... Jasana Dec 2013 #18

Your second paragraph... yes Hekate Dec 2013 #19

Another part of the rise in autism is the broadening of the definition of it jmowreader Dec 2013 #27

That could certainly warp the stats even more... Jasana Dec 2013 #28

I don't think I'd classify Jenny McCarthy as 'right-wing'. Drunken Irishman Dec 2013 #25

It's a right wing idea Lordquinton Dec 2013 #26

No, but I do think that a lot of the anti-vaccination/ anti-'modern' medicine attitude is linked to LeftishBrit Dec 2013 #29

No, it's not... SidDithers Dec 2013 #30

there are anti-vax people here on DU progressoid Dec 2013 #34

Yeah, no. Not so. Butterbean Dec 2013 #35

Anti-science almost entirely from the right. Where you get "this one seems to be from the left"? nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2013 #12

I know people both from the right and from the left who are anti-vaccine gollygee Dec 2013 #16

+1. I know vegans that are anti-vax, pro-animal rights, against fossil fuels, the MIC, etc. freshwest Dec 2013 #21

not trusting government and business.... tomp Dec 2013 #31

"Opened to varied opinion" is problematic in the case of science. Like Fox News "Fair and Balanced" Moonwalk Dec 2013 #36

I've looked at both sides. The temperment of most posts don't reflect that. And DU is ideological. freshwest Dec 2013 #37

K&R. nt RiffRandell Dec 2013 #6

married to a woman how was immune suppressed due to chemo dembotoz Dec 2013 #7

k&r! nolabear Dec 2013 #9

Herd immunity is awesome, and your friend. AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #11

"I get vaccinated not just for myself, but for everyone around me." slipslidingaway Dec 2013 #24

Frontline did a program on Vaccines a couple of years ago - The Vaccine Wars Hestia Dec 2013 #13

Frontline mockmonkey Dec 2013 #15

K&R n/t X_Digger Dec 2013 #17

k/r 840high Dec 2013 #20

We are all part of the herd. JBoy Dec 2013 #22

Thank you, my husband will have some boosters in February ... slipslidingaway Dec 2013 #23

This is a huge issue! I'm shocked when people from my generation are anti vaccine. mountain grammy Dec 2013 #32