Anti-Vaxxers Launch Children’s Book To Convince Kids That ‘Measles Is Marvelous’

[beam me up scottie]

38. "It's also a great chance to teach them how fun poverty can be."

In Sickness and In F.U.N., January 29, 2015
By V. Vanalstyne "XxX" (Foghorn, Leghorn) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Melanie's Marvelous Measles (Kindle Edition)

I've been having a hard time finding a way to tell my children why they have to suffer through dangerous and potentially debilitating diseases that were almost eradicated by Vaccines. Thanks to Melanie's Marvelous Measles I now have an easy reader guide that makes me eldest feel less down about the fact he's been crippled from Polio. Apparently telling him"Your grandfather had it in the 1920's and he lived to be 52 thanks to a weakened heart" just hasn't cheered him like it should.
Chloe, my 3-year was worried about the horrible scaring that came along with her case of Rubella. "Don't worry dear," I told her, "Remember Melanie's Marvelous Measles? Melanie is more beautiful for her scars. If you kids don't get sick, how else are we going to go on to build a glorious master race?" Unfortunately the Encephalitis she suffered from the high fever the measles caused means I have to repeat this over and over but the little girl on the cover gives her hope, and really, what else can we give our children?
In fact, Melanie's Marvelous Measles has inspired me to seek out and expose them to a variety of diseases that previously only effected poor, underdeveloped countries.
Think of the unique life experience the bubonic plague could bring? To bad Small Pox is so hard to get, those horrifying blemishes they leave would be a real conversation starter for myself and my horribly misshapen children. If you think about it, really, I'm giving my white, middle-class, suburban offspring a great chance to understand equality in a way my college professor assured me Carl Marx would appreciate. After all, what unites the proletariat like sickness? It's also a great chance to teach them how fun poverty can be. Just think of all the unique, money saving techniques we can devise so we don't have to contract Dengue Fever in a 4-star hotel.


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