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Jerry442

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10. Narcissism, with fatal complications.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 08:12 AM

Sep 2014

I don't know any anti-vaxxers,, but I've known other people with fringe views. They're so anxious to belong to an I-know-something-you-don't-know club that they lose all critical thinking abilities and grasp at any bullshit that scammers, con artists and other narcissists (think Jenny McCarthy) toss their way.

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How Denial Caused One Major Health Catastrophe, and How It May Trigger More Crises [View all] xchrom Sep 2014 OP

countdown to the "There's mercury in the vaccines" screechers in 3-2-1- hobbit709 Sep 2014 #1

One thing I haven't seen mentioned in these articles Lars39 Sep 2014 #2

K&R for EXPOSURE! ReRe Sep 2014 #3

"was spread primarily by the children of parents who received non-medical exemptions Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #4

You spelled "assholes" as "parents". Ikonoklast Sep 2014 #9

I'd like to see the victims of these diseases start suing the parents of children who think.. BlueJazz Sep 2014 #5

The thought and that picture of the infant.... Hotler Sep 2014 #6

Amerika: Where willful ignorance is considered a virtue. Fuddnik Sep 2014 #7

Whooping cough, from beginning to end, can last a whole month. PADemD Sep 2014 #8

Narcissism, with fatal complications. Jerry442 Sep 2014 #10

Don't get me wrong, I am not an anti-vaxer, but I do have a question about public health Hestia Sep 2014 #11

The laws in place allow this to happen here cause there is a "fund". Change the insane laws kickysnana Sep 2014 #12