Can you put down your pitchfork long enough to discuss the root causes of the anti-vax problem?

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

179. While I appreciate what you say

I think it's a bit tangential to a discussion of vaccinations to prevent the transmission of disease, rather than medications designed to treat symptoms of chronic conditions. We don't 'spread' obesity or high cholesterol or asthma or the vast majority of conditions most meds are created to act upon chemically. (Although we might 'spread' some of them socially, by overfeeding those for whom we cook.)

As to your last question? Because we (humans) use a lot of technologies we develop long before we understand the biological implications of using them. We poison ourselves on a daily basis, and it tends to take us decades of use before we realize that the use of 'chemical X' as a pesticide or in a can lining, or the coating on a 'nonstick pan' or in carpeting or whatever is contributing to the growing number of cases of 'ailment Y'. And because rather than try to return to living in a way that limits our exposure to the plethora of new and unnatural (in the sense that they don't exist until we synthesize them, not in some 'spooky' way) chemicals allowed to be placed in consumer goods and the food supply, and try to live in (more physical) ways our bodies were more designed for, we look for a 'quick fix' in pill form.