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In reply to the discussion: I don't understand anti-vaxxers. [View all]elias7
(4,229 posts)Its not really an odd preservative in that it really is not toxic and does prevent bacterial growth.
And the questionable efficacy of the flu shot. I hear that, but as someone who works in an ER, I rarely have seen people with influenza who had the vaccine, and further, I not had the flu in over 25 years despite my certain exposures (influenza vaccines are currently mandated where I am).
But one can already infer the seeds of doubt in your comment, not that you doubt, but to a mind that is a not interested in logic or following up on their curiosity, there might seem to be a drop of truth as you say but none really exists. No one has died of cyanide poisoning regardless of how many apples they have eaten, and now that we have 20 years of data about vaccines without thimerosal, have the anti-vaxxers taken the time to review autism incidence and epidemiology lately?