“No, vaccines don’t cause autism. But the anti-vaccers think they do, and they propose that to prevent it, parents stop vaccinating their kids, and so subject them to the risk of dying. Are these people seriously implying that kids developing autism is more terrible than kids developing death? Yes, they are, and that is some remarkable ableist bullshit right there.”
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Karen Healey: Karen Reviews the Anti-Vaccination Movement (via notemily)
I never thought about it that way, but… indeed. Based on “facts” that have been proven to be… not facts.
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Thank you for putting into words what I was unable to!
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I don’t think I’d ever thought of it in precisely these terms.
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