25 Of The Best Responses Doctors And Other Medical Professionals Had To Anti-Vaxxers
Nobody wants to face the public wrath of the internet but anti-vaxxers experience this daily as people continue to troll them, however, you know what's even worse than getting challenged by someone you don't know online - someone online with a medical degree. That's right according to data analysis from CNN measles cases in the United States have surpassed the highest number on record since the disease was declared eliminated nationwide in 2000.
Doctors are employing all strategies to fight the disease from using electronic medical records to identify unvaccinated patients living in outbreak zones to refusing to accept patients who haven't been vaccinated - and now they have taken the fight to Twitter. Sure some of these savage tweets are funny, but believe it or not, fighting misinformation on the internet is vitally important, even when it's done in a simple tweet. Scroll down below to read some anti-vaxxers get destroyed by doctors and don't forget to upvote your favs!
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That's the kind of language that everyone should use to these incredible blockheads that refuse to have their offspring vaccinated.
Measles became a nationally notifiable disease in the United States in 1912, meaning that health care providers and laboratories were required to report diagnosed cases. During the first decade of reporting, an average of about 6,000 measles-related deaths were reported annually.
In the 1950s, researchers found a way to isolate the measles virus in a patient's blood, and in the 1960s, they were successful in transforming the isolated virus into a vaccine. The vaccine was licensed and became part of the measles vaccination program, introduced in 1963.
Before the introduction of the measles vaccination program, according to the CDC, there was an estimated 3 to 4 million people getting infected with the disease yearly nationwide. Following this program the numbers of cases and deals from measles substantially dropped. In 1994 there were 963 reported cases, which fell to 508 cases in 1996.
Jump forward to 2000, when the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S and there were only 86 reported cases. This meant there had been no continuous transmission of the disease for over 12 months. These numbers only continued to plummet until a resurgence in 2014 where the country experienced 23 separate outbreaks, which occurred primarily among the unvaccinated Amish community.
In 2018 the U.S saw 17 separate outbreaks and the numbers continue to climb. According to the CDC, the disease was largely imported and spread among unvaccinated pockets: "Eighty-two people brought measles to the U.S. from other countries in 2018. This is the greatest number of imported cases since measles was eliminated from the U.S. in 2000."
I will never get over the fact that some parents would rather have a dead child than an autistic child.... (not that vaccines cause autism)
their thinking is already flawed, so to me, it doesn't seem like that big a stretch.
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My ex-husband believes that vaccines are bad for vegetarians and vegans. So, after our twins had all their vaccines, I put our younger children's vaccines on halt til they were a bit older. He was determined for them to not be vaxx'd, especially because of the "autism" connection. Laughs on him - I'm ASD, and three out of our four girls are also. Nothing to do with vaccines, as #3 kid was dx'd before she had any immunizations. And they're amazeballs kids.
Nothing wrong with being autistic either. I'm perfectly happy being me, as are my kids.
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Ahhh, those experts....... not to be trusted. Let's call great aunt josie who uses incense and pig fat to ward off disease. Ooops. She died of polio.
My twins have Asperger's and I have never thought vaccines caused their autism but even if I did I would have them inoculated anyway because 2 kids with autism is better than 2 dead kids. They are two amazing young men who are funny (especially once we taught them the concept of sarcasm which was tough for them to grasp), whip smart and polite. Most people would just assume they were shy and never know the difference. No one knows what causes autism and I think it's a gigantic leap to point to vaccines and say that's the cause. Maybe it was the stressful pregnancy, or the high fever I had, or maybe it's related to Uncle M. who was too old to ever be thought of as autistic but looking back, probably was. But it's just make the wild assertion that it's due to vaccines with 0 proof.
As a person on the spectrum I can assure you that vaccines don’t cause autism. It’s a hereditary trait.
My sister is absolutely certain I have some level of autism. I received a vaccination recently. I guess I may get autism^2? Halp? (Trust me, this is a joke!!)
My sister has autism and You cannot get it after you are born. You are BORN WITH IT, because it is a brain deficiency. So when you see people with a kid with autism and they are vaccinated, It is not caused by the vaccination.
Good people of the internet! I know a doctor, I worked with him for a couple of years, he did Not vaccinate his children. Till this day he is no longer a specialist that I will ever respect. His reasoning is he doesn't know whats in them... First of all, what the f**k, second, okay I assume we can forget what we learned 20 years ago, but your a doctor!!!! Don't say s**t like that out loud. P.S he also believes in some world order and that climate change is a hoax. Oh and he thinks government tests s**t in poor countries(in this case its Ukraine)
I have autism. XD I feel kind of offended that people think it's caused by certain vaccines as opposed to all the other more likely causes. For the record in case anyone is afraid of having vaccines because of this, having autism has not ruined my life.
sirwritealot doesn't get that smart people are making POINTS/expressing FACTS
sirwritealot was actually talking about the myth that Vaccine's cause autism. He was joking that by talking about it, another idiot will start to believe it... He is pro-vax too
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I'm pretty sure this comment is satire. Why the dislikes?
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You may be fine, and you might be going to be fine in the future, although you have no idea of that. Nonetheless, you might also spread around the diseases you're not vaccinated against and pass them onto people who CANNOT get vaccines, even though they want to, because their health doesn't allow it, thus endangering THEM and making YOU responsible for their death if it comes so far. Vaccines aren't only for YOUR OWN health, they are for the health of the ENTIRE POPULATION. It's called herd immunity, and it only works if about 95% of all people are vaccinated. So, you see that anti-vaxxers are a bunch of selfish arseholes.
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Could they really sue for this? If not, I really think they should be able to!
Anti-vaxxer has such a negative ring to it. I suggest to change it to pro-diseaser.
My grandmother is completely deaf because she contracted measles as a young kid and started slowly losing her hearing ever since
It takes some real balls to say "NO" to the mumps vaccine. Big, inflamed, painful orchitis riddled balls.
Above explanation by Eve Switzer pretty much describes what anti-vaxxers do on the internet and in real life, and it also describes why they are sometimes succesful. "Health freedom" sounds so much better than being "pro desease" and "quackery".
We... almost did eradicate measles... with our current vaccine... what the absolute f**k.
It's my firm belief that vaccines should be required by law (unless you have a medical condition preventing it) and parents should face prosecution if they do not vaccinate their children
You see the problem with freedom of choice is that your freedom ends where it starts to endanger the lives of other people. It's as simple as that.
I agree. Freedom of choice is essential to every non-distopian society. But endagering the lives of others because of your stupidity is unacceptable.
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To all anti-vaxxers: STOP USING MY DISABILITY AS AN EXUSE!!! -sincerely, a man on the autism spectrum
This. The antivaxx movement is based on a hatred of autistic people so deep that parents prefer a dead child to a different one. How disgusting is that? (also autism has less than nothing to do with vaccines, it never has)
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that's hilarious im gonna say pro-pandemic now
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Have you read the Miss Marple book A Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie? It's inspired by a true story. Actress Gene Tierney gave birth to a deaf, partially blind baby with severe mental disabilities in the 40's due to being infected with rubella by a fan during her pregnancy. In the book, the character inspired by her is driven to murder when she finds out about who the fan is. Sorry for spoiling the story for those who haven't read it, but I'd say better spoiling a book and still being informed about *real* tragedies that happened less than a century ago.
According to some news outlets, it is online trolls who are spreading a lot of the lies about vaccines.
Yes, but people are still deciding to listen to it. :(
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I am one of the 20% of people who the whooping cough vaccine does not work for. My mother vaccinated me and I got it 3 times. Also I got measles at 7 months old. If other a******s would give the weaker of us herd immunity it would be great. Also I now as an adult have a child with an autoimmune disease which leaves her more vulnerable again hers immunity would be nice. My own health and daughters has suffered as a result of others not vaccinating
Yeah, I had measles when i was a kid. Because it was a long time ago, and they started to vaccinate peoplr here just after it ran thru my family. Let me tell you, it was no fun neither to me nor any other kid in the family. And yes. We all got it. It ran kind crazy thru the school where my older sister was.
ANOTHER QUESTION TO ALL ANTI-VAXXERS: If you have both pets and children, how come you have a problem vaccinating your children against diseases and not have a problem with vaccinating your cat/dog/horse (seeing as how many of these vaccines are mandatory when you own a pet)? Can you please explain why you put more value on your pets' life than your children's?
A lot of these arses are refusing to vaccinate their animals. THEY ARE THAT STUPID
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Aww there's an anti vaxxer on the site downvoting every post.... must be hard to be proven so wrong that the only thing you can do is click a little downward arrow.... pathetic!
People are pathetic for using the downvote button when they disagree with something?
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My husband was diagnosed with hpv throat cancer. He went through utter hell. Chemo once a week and radiation every day. He dropped to 132 lbs. Blood transfusions, 7 days in the hospital for an infection he got from no immune system. Vomiting all day unable to eat. In remission he has perminent damage to his throat makes swallowing food difficult, salivary glands damaged so has severe dry mouth which makes eating even harder. Taste buds damaged. Not the same mentally. Yes he is 5 years out in remission and praise God he is still here. DO YOU THINK HE WOULD LET HIS OWN SON FOREGO HPV VACCINATION? Anyone who would sentence their child to that should go to jail for child abuse. Freaking Evil.
At some point an at Iskander child is going to die, and the will be a direct obvious link with an un vaxxed child. What would be the legal consequences of that? Hopefully prison time for the parents. Would love to see the idiot "Dr" who started this mess serve time as well
The doctor who started the anti-vaccine movement had his medical license revoked because no others were able to get similar results and his data was found to be fabricated. There is no link between autism and vaccines.
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This mom though... https://www.boredpanda.com/mom-asks-how-stop-son-getting-vaccinated/
First, VACCINES DON'T CAUSE AUTISM. Second, AUTISM ISN'T BAD. I've never met an anti-vaxxer, but I'd probably end up slapping them and then ranting for an hour. Based on these (and other posts), they probably wouldn't listen or care. Can you tell that I'm five seconds away from flying into a rage? Can you?!?
Can I just say a few words. What in the absolute flying f*** am I looking at?! None of this makes sense to me!!!!! why do ppl act like this.
I think some anti-vaxxer went in and downvoted all pro-vaccine comments.
Maybe a law should be passed whereby all Anti-Vaxers be corralled and sent to an island in the middle of nowhere where they will have no contact with others who have been vaccinated. Eventually that community will all die off of their own accord. Sounds cruel, but there it is,.
There IS one rational argument for not vaccinating. That is that there are too many people in the world. It used to be that many children died before the age of 5. (That is where the myth came from that people were "old" in their 30s...the average age was skewed way down due to children dying of "childhood" diseases.) If anyone argues against vaccinating for any other reason than that they actually want lots of children to die to reduce population, then they are idiots. Not that I think it's a good argument for not vaccinating, but is the only rational argument I can think of.
"but anti-vaxxers experience this daily as people continue to troll them, " Oh boohoo, people who attempt manslaughter are getting bothered online, poor babies!
I totally believe in Vaccines, my child is vaccinated (and we are about to get the whooping cough vaccine again as my niece is pregnant,) and am madly against anti-vaxxers. I have a question tho as my vegan friend has said they test vaccines on animals and although she still vaccinates that for vegans this is the issue, not the autism/big brother govt b******t. I don't know enough about his they're made but I had hoped we were evolved enough not to test c**p on animals. Tho obviously they still do. Anyone any info or thoughts?
Either you avoid a teeny amount of something that has a vague association with animal product OR YOU DIE. How vegan are you? Deathly vegan? Willing to watch your children die a slow and hideous death because it's pure and animal free?
Load More Replies... I think it’s funny how frothy both sides get on this. Vaccines clearly make sense but I feel like there’s also a lot of people that are against them simply bc they want to tell everyone how against them they are
What’s also sad is that anti-vaxxers are now refusing to vaccinate their pets.
I think some claim that pets can get autism from vaccines too. smh
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I've been saying for the last several years that vaccination is a public health matter. It should be legislated and enforced. With the stiffest of penalties for non-compliance, (children taken away from idiot, neglectful parents). The only exception being medical reasons. This should supersede all beliefs. Anyone who tries to argue against this should be reminded that you can't yell "FIRE!" in a crowded theatre.
One follow up: Any doctor who goes against the legislation should lose their licenses, and face even larger financial penalties.
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i don't hate a lot of kinds of people in this world. Anti-vaxxers aren't one of them, to say the least.
TO ALL ANTI-VAXXERS: Can you honestly answer me this following question: "If an all exclusive anti-vaxxer community opened up and only unvaccinated people were allowed to live there, would you sign up to join that community?" If no, please explain your answer. If yes, please go live there!
i hear Antarctica is pretty open ... maybe anti-vaxxers can all go live there and spare us all the horror of watching them die. #naturalselection
that's not fair to the scientists there! or the penguins.
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Anti-Vaxxers are like Thanos, minus the Infinity Stones and gauntlet.
HOW DARE YOU. You shut your mouth. Autistic people are suffering because of allt his and you come spitting this brainfart otu into the world, how dare you.
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Most of us (if not all) were vaccinated against measles as children. Even those who did get sick, it was a mild form, less dangerous. And lots survive today too, but what about those who don't? There was also the herd immunity for those too young or unable to get vaccinated, which is starting to disappear nowadays...
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It's my firm belief that vaccines should be required by law (unless you have a medical condition preventing it) and parents should face prosecution if they do not vaccinate their children
You see the problem with freedom of choice is that your freedom ends where it starts to endanger the lives of other people. It's as simple as that.
I agree. Freedom of choice is essential to every non-distopian society. But endagering the lives of others because of your stupidity is unacceptable.
Load More Replies... To all anti-vaxxers: STOP USING MY DISABILITY AS AN EXUSE!!! -sincerely, a man on the autism spectrum
This. The antivaxx movement is based on a hatred of autistic people so deep that parents prefer a dead child to a different one. How disgusting is that? (also autism has less than nothing to do with vaccines, it never has)
Load More Replies... that's hilarious im gonna say pro-pandemic now
Load More Replies... Have you read the Miss Marple book A Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie? It's inspired by a true story. Actress Gene Tierney gave birth to a deaf, partially blind baby with severe mental disabilities in the 40's due to being infected with rubella by a fan during her pregnancy. In the book, the character inspired by her is driven to murder when she finds out about who the fan is. Sorry for spoiling the story for those who haven't read it, but I'd say better spoiling a book and still being informed about *real* tragedies that happened less than a century ago.
According to some news outlets, it is online trolls who are spreading a lot of the lies about vaccines.
Yes, but people are still deciding to listen to it. :(
Load More Replies... I am one of the 20% of people who the whooping cough vaccine does not work for. My mother vaccinated me and I got it 3 times. Also I got measles at 7 months old. If other a******s would give the weaker of us herd immunity it would be great. Also I now as an adult have a child with an autoimmune disease which leaves her more vulnerable again hers immunity would be nice. My own health and daughters has suffered as a result of others not vaccinating
Yeah, I had measles when i was a kid. Because it was a long time ago, and they started to vaccinate peoplr here just after it ran thru my family. Let me tell you, it was no fun neither to me nor any other kid in the family. And yes. We all got it. It ran kind crazy thru the school where my older sister was.
ANOTHER QUESTION TO ALL ANTI-VAXXERS: If you have both pets and children, how come you have a problem vaccinating your children against diseases and not have a problem with vaccinating your cat/dog/horse (seeing as how many of these vaccines are mandatory when you own a pet)? Can you please explain why you put more value on your pets' life than your children's?
A lot of these arses are refusing to vaccinate their animals. THEY ARE THAT STUPID
Load More Replies... Aww there's an anti vaxxer on the site downvoting every post.... must be hard to be proven so wrong that the only thing you can do is click a little downward arrow.... pathetic!
People are pathetic for using the downvote button when they disagree with something?
Load More Replies... My husband was diagnosed with hpv throat cancer. He went through utter hell. Chemo once a week and radiation every day. He dropped to 132 lbs. Blood transfusions, 7 days in the hospital for an infection he got from no immune system. Vomiting all day unable to eat. In remission he has perminent damage to his throat makes swallowing food difficult, salivary glands damaged so has severe dry mouth which makes eating even harder. Taste buds damaged. Not the same mentally. Yes he is 5 years out in remission and praise God he is still here. DO YOU THINK HE WOULD LET HIS OWN SON FOREGO HPV VACCINATION? Anyone who would sentence their child to that should go to jail for child abuse. Freaking Evil.
At some point an at Iskander child is going to die, and the will be a direct obvious link with an un vaxxed child. What would be the legal consequences of that? Hopefully prison time for the parents. Would love to see the idiot "Dr" who started this mess serve time as well
The doctor who started the anti-vaccine movement had his medical license revoked because no others were able to get similar results and his data was found to be fabricated. There is no link between autism and vaccines.
Load More Replies... This mom though... https://www.boredpanda.com/mom-asks-how-stop-son-getting-vaccinated/
First, VACCINES DON'T CAUSE AUTISM. Second, AUTISM ISN'T BAD. I've never met an anti-vaxxer, but I'd probably end up slapping them and then ranting for an hour. Based on these (and other posts), they probably wouldn't listen or care. Can you tell that I'm five seconds away from flying into a rage? Can you?!?
Can I just say a few words. What in the absolute flying f*** am I looking at?! None of this makes sense to me!!!!! why do ppl act like this.
I think some anti-vaxxer went in and downvoted all pro-vaccine comments.
Maybe a law should be passed whereby all Anti-Vaxers be corralled and sent to an island in the middle of nowhere where they will have no contact with others who have been vaccinated. Eventually that community will all die off of their own accord. Sounds cruel, but there it is,.
There IS one rational argument for not vaccinating. That is that there are too many people in the world. It used to be that many children died before the age of 5. (That is where the myth came from that people were "old" in their 30s...the average age was skewed way down due to children dying of "childhood" diseases.) If anyone argues against vaccinating for any other reason than that they actually want lots of children to die to reduce population, then they are idiots. Not that I think it's a good argument for not vaccinating, but is the only rational argument I can think of.
"but anti-vaxxers experience this daily as people continue to troll them, " Oh boohoo, people who attempt manslaughter are getting bothered online, poor babies!
I totally believe in Vaccines, my child is vaccinated (and we are about to get the whooping cough vaccine again as my niece is pregnant,) and am madly against anti-vaxxers. I have a question tho as my vegan friend has said they test vaccines on animals and although she still vaccinates that for vegans this is the issue, not the autism/big brother govt b******t. I don't know enough about his they're made but I had hoped we were evolved enough not to test c**p on animals. Tho obviously they still do. Anyone any info or thoughts?
Either you avoid a teeny amount of something that has a vague association with animal product OR YOU DIE. How vegan are you? Deathly vegan? Willing to watch your children die a slow and hideous death because it's pure and animal free?
Load More Replies... I think it’s funny how frothy both sides get on this. Vaccines clearly make sense but I feel like there’s also a lot of people that are against them simply bc they want to tell everyone how against them they are
What’s also sad is that anti-vaxxers are now refusing to vaccinate their pets.
I think some claim that pets can get autism from vaccines too. smh
Load More Replies... I've been saying for the last several years that vaccination is a public health matter. It should be legislated and enforced. With the stiffest of penalties for non-compliance, (children taken away from idiot, neglectful parents). The only exception being medical reasons. This should supersede all beliefs. Anyone who tries to argue against this should be reminded that you can't yell "FIRE!" in a crowded theatre.
One follow up: Any doctor who goes against the legislation should lose their licenses, and face even larger financial penalties.
Load More Replies... i don't hate a lot of kinds of people in this world. Anti-vaxxers aren't one of them, to say the least.
TO ALL ANTI-VAXXERS: Can you honestly answer me this following question: "If an all exclusive anti-vaxxer community opened up and only unvaccinated people were allowed to live there, would you sign up to join that community?" If no, please explain your answer. If yes, please go live there!
i hear Antarctica is pretty open ... maybe anti-vaxxers can all go live there and spare us all the horror of watching them die. #naturalselection
that's not fair to the scientists there! or the penguins.
Load More Replies... Anti-Vaxxers are like Thanos, minus the Infinity Stones and gauntlet.
HOW DARE YOU. You shut your mouth. Autistic people are suffering because of allt his and you come spitting this brainfart otu into the world, how dare you.
Load More Replies... Most of us (if not all) were vaccinated against measles as children. Even those who did get sick, it was a mild form, less dangerous. And lots survive today too, but what about those who don't? There was also the herd immunity for those too young or unable to get vaccinated, which is starting to disappear nowadays...
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