Anti-vaxxer conspiracies have continued to spread, and because of their beliefs - so have the measles. Oregon and Washington are among eighteen states that allow families to opt-out of vaccines for viral diseases based on philosophical beliefs, which is why these areas have been the most recent hotbed for the measles outbreak. More than 50 people have been infected across Southwest Washington state and Northwest Oregon - and everyone is fed up with the anti-vaccination science deniers.
"It's an outbreak because generally, the way we define an outbreak is when you have more observed cases than expected cases. And generally with measles, the expected number is zero," Dr. Alan Melnick with Clark County Public Health told KOIN6 TV in Portland, Oregon, last week. "You know, we have a very effective vaccine for measles. Two shots are 97 percent effective. So we really shouldn't be seeing measles." Scroll down below to read some of the best comebacks to anti-vaxxers on the internet, and don't forget to upvote your favs! If you have your own funny comeback prepared - share it with us in the comment section!
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Elnathan John, a Nigerian writer and lawyer, called out American's who wanted travel bans on countries with Ebola by pointing out the current measles outbreak.
Many anti-vaxxers use the possibility of having an autistic child as one of their debate points - but this autistic person had a counterpoint.
This one I fully concure with. I'm autistic to and not an idiot. During my life I've been headhunted by companies, worked around the world, studied years at university, experienced things few have, been in love , had my heart broken, etc. Yet theese idiots seem to think that I would be better of dead than live my life.
An argument for not vaccinating kids is that it's more natural and therefore healthier- well this user points out that humans created vaccines for a reason.
Anti-vaxxers say they want to return to a simpler, more 'natural' time - well this user had some holes to poke in that theory.
Approximately 110 000 people died from measles in 2017 – mostly children under the age of 5 years according to the World Health Organization.
Internet user highlights exactly how necessary vaccines are and other commenters jump in with equally valid comparisons.
Parent brings child consent into the vaccine debate and gets shot down with the perfect answer.
This user pointed out that just because you have googled information about vaccines on the internet does not mean you know more than doctors.
Parent in an anti-vaxxing Facebook group seeks advice against judgmental neighbors - and receives an unexpected response.
Someone creates a shirt with the two most popular conspiracy theories in one place.
Internet user fights back against debate point that vaccines cause autism with the perfect question.
Anti-vaxxers try to create false equivalencies and are shut down through memes.
Anti-vaxxer tries to spread fake news and conspiracies about the side-effects of vaccines and gets fact checked.
Someone tried to create a shocking poster linking heroin use to vaccines, but not everyone was convinced.
Anti-vaxxer posts conspiracy about vaccines only being sold in profit scheme and gets shut down.
Someone asks for a suggestion for preventing measles other than a vaccine and another user has this 'healthy' recommendation.
Internet users get into an illogical argument over vaccines
An educator shuts down a anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist in long, fact based post.
Sometimes names can be confusing.
My nephew's best friend is called Java. No joke. I hope that kid's surname is Script.
This anti-vaxxer is 'armed' and dangerous against disease apparently.
Arm everyone with a gun because apparently protecting yourself from other gunmen with guns is more peaceful than just banning guns in the first place. Sorry. Wrong post. Oh well.
Two sides have spirited debate over vaccinations.
There was another recent Bored Panda article, written by a woman who had lifelong adverse reactions to a vaccine. She's STILL pro-vaccine. Why? The disease she was vaccinated against is still worse than her vaccine related complications https://www.boredpanda.com/tetanus-diphtheria-vaccine-side-effects-guillain-bare-syndrome-anti-vaxxers/
I wonder if that infamous antivaxxer army will strike again in the comments
Somehow I lost 700 points yesterday
I have a theory that the whole thing was a certain pink troll....he's already created himself a new user...
Update: I was wrong. The person responsible for your downvotes is right down the bottom there with the pink troll acting like a total creep.
I lost about 30. Nowhere as much as you, but I’m at a relatively low number anyways. I’m giving you a point back!
...for some weird reason the second part of my reply to that comment of theirs got nearly 40 upvotes but the first part got downvoted to all hell...bots are weird.
@diane you lost 700 points because you spam every thread, you gave the troll2 bot (the guy with the backwards name) a massive surface to attack.
Pored Banda' lack of oversite is killing it off.
@!sineP A ekiL skooL duolC that Seriously? What is troll2? It's YOUR account name. Like your literal account name when your screenname is clicked. It's amazing your account is still active given the recent attacks on the community and your current screenname referencing male anatomy (pretty sure that's a violation here, but then BP doesn't have clear rules, contact info, etc on mobile devices)
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@Daniel What is troll2 bot?
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@minerva15 A pink troll?
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Sorry diane about your 700 points. You want me to fix it?
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Oh I see you mean tjler I think. No it wasn't him.
Him and all his fake accounts...
I love your profile picture and your username.
They have to feel so insecure :p
Anti-vaxxers can't provide scientific proof backing up their arguments, same as flat-earthers can't provide photos from the edge of the world :D
One idiot anti-vaxer retorted, "Prove that vaccines don't cause autism." That's how these jerkoffs think.
There is prove that vaccines don't cause autism. Some decades ago, one researcher found a connection between vaccines and autism. Other scientist tried to replicate the research and found there is no connection. Then they looked at the research of the first guy again and it turned out to be so flawed, that he wasn't allowed to call himself dr. anymore. That rarely ever happens.
In that case, they have to prove that vaccines don't cause superpowers.
Why don’t we put both groups on an island somewhere with one crate of food and one iPad and see what happens? Could be fun! :P either that or stick em in a rocket aimed at the sun..
As I have stated before the antivax is part of a larger agenda to demonize science; the one way real knowledge about the physical world is discovered. To deny science is to hinder science. All of the following are examples of advocating a conspiracy against the best and brightest minds in their quest for discovery: 1). Man never landed on the moon 2). Scientist are sitting on a cure for cancer 3) Oil companies are suppressing a car that gets 150 mpg 4) Tesla sent electricity through the air over 100's of miles 5) AIDS is a man made virus 6) Alternative Medicines are as effective as scientifically based medicine 7) GMO's are dangerous 8) Man made climate change is a myth 9) Antivaxx or the grand daddy of them all.....10) Young earth creationism. - Did I miss any?
Lola DM That was what the propaganda were saying when GMO came, but that is not what happened. The truth is that they made the crops resistant to herbicides. Read this: https://enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2190-4715-24-24
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Actually GMO is dangerous. But not because of the new DNA being dangerous, but because of the increased use of herbicides in agriculture when growing GMO crops. If you design a plant to be resistant to toxines, you can use more toxines.
Er, actually the point of GMO crops is to make them more resistant to parasites and diseases so that you can use fewer pesticides notably. The ethical concern about GMOs is the commercial strategy of some major corporations.
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1)That contradictory do your research 2) a black man and woman already had a cure for cancer but the government killed them before they could get it out 3)That probably true honestly its a money game they don't care about you. 4)that's not true? 5)It is a man made virus do your research, HIV comes from gays in the 60s,70s,80s,90s. And they donated blood not knowing or caring that they had HIV. That's how magic Johnson got it through blood. Aids is just another phase of HIV which is man made. 6) That is true, a new a man that never took a pill or drug in his life and is healthy beyond belief 7) most are, except broccoli which is a combination of cauliflower and asparagus. 8) man made climate change is true, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, fossil fuels, chemical dumping, etc. do your research 9) I am allergic to vaccines so I cannot take them and yet I still have never gotten polio, measles, flu, etc. 10) TF is young earth creationism
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The earth is flat and space isn't real.
I wonder if that infamous antivaxxer army will strike again in the comments
Somehow I lost 700 points yesterday
I have a theory that the whole thing was a certain pink troll....he's already created himself a new user...
Update: I was wrong. The person responsible for your downvotes is right down the bottom there with the pink troll acting like a total creep.
I lost about 30. Nowhere as much as you, but I’m at a relatively low number anyways. I’m giving you a point back!
...for some weird reason the second part of my reply to that comment of theirs got nearly 40 upvotes but the first part got downvoted to all hell...bots are weird.
@diane you lost 700 points because you spam every thread, you gave the troll2 bot (the guy with the backwards name) a massive surface to attack.
Pored Banda' lack of oversite is killing it off.
@!sineP A ekiL skooL duolC that Seriously? What is troll2? It's YOUR account name. Like your literal account name when your screenname is clicked. It's amazing your account is still active given the recent attacks on the community and your current screenname referencing male anatomy (pretty sure that's a violation here, but then BP doesn't have clear rules, contact info, etc on mobile devices)
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@Daniel What is troll2 bot?
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@minerva15 A pink troll?
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Sorry diane about your 700 points. You want me to fix it?
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Oh I see you mean tjler I think. No it wasn't him.
Him and all his fake accounts...
I love your profile picture and your username.
They have to feel so insecure :p
Anti-vaxxers can't provide scientific proof backing up their arguments, same as flat-earthers can't provide photos from the edge of the world :D
One idiot anti-vaxer retorted, "Prove that vaccines don't cause autism." That's how these jerkoffs think.
There is prove that vaccines don't cause autism. Some decades ago, one researcher found a connection between vaccines and autism. Other scientist tried to replicate the research and found there is no connection. Then they looked at the research of the first guy again and it turned out to be so flawed, that he wasn't allowed to call himself dr. anymore. That rarely ever happens.
In that case, they have to prove that vaccines don't cause superpowers.
Why don’t we put both groups on an island somewhere with one crate of food and one iPad and see what happens? Could be fun! :P either that or stick em in a rocket aimed at the sun..
As I have stated before the antivax is part of a larger agenda to demonize science; the one way real knowledge about the physical world is discovered. To deny science is to hinder science. All of the following are examples of advocating a conspiracy against the best and brightest minds in their quest for discovery: 1). Man never landed on the moon 2). Scientist are sitting on a cure for cancer 3) Oil companies are suppressing a car that gets 150 mpg 4) Tesla sent electricity through the air over 100's of miles 5) AIDS is a man made virus 6) Alternative Medicines are as effective as scientifically based medicine 7) GMO's are dangerous 8) Man made climate change is a myth 9) Antivaxx or the grand daddy of them all.....10) Young earth creationism. - Did I miss any?
Lola DM That was what the propaganda were saying when GMO came, but that is not what happened. The truth is that they made the crops resistant to herbicides. Read this: https://enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2190-4715-24-24
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Actually GMO is dangerous. But not because of the new DNA being dangerous, but because of the increased use of herbicides in agriculture when growing GMO crops. If you design a plant to be resistant to toxines, you can use more toxines.
Er, actually the point of GMO crops is to make them more resistant to parasites and diseases so that you can use fewer pesticides notably. The ethical concern about GMOs is the commercial strategy of some major corporations.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
1)That contradictory do your research 2) a black man and woman already had a cure for cancer but the government killed them before they could get it out 3)That probably true honestly its a money game they don't care about you. 4)that's not true? 5)It is a man made virus do your research, HIV comes from gays in the 60s,70s,80s,90s. And they donated blood not knowing or caring that they had HIV. That's how magic Johnson got it through blood. Aids is just another phase of HIV which is man made. 6) That is true, a new a man that never took a pill or drug in his life and is healthy beyond belief 7) most are, except broccoli which is a combination of cauliflower and asparagus. 8) man made climate change is true, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, fossil fuels, chemical dumping, etc. do your research 9) I am allergic to vaccines so I cannot take them and yet I still have never gotten polio, measles, flu, etc. 10) TF is young earth creationism
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The earth is flat and space isn't real.