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Why are people choosing not to vaccinate their kids? There is no definitive answer to this, but in today's post-truth world, where misinformation and distrust of politicians and the media runs high, perhaps this is one area where people can feel that their personal choices matter. Opting out of vaccines may feel to some like a way of reasserting control over their family and their health, perhaps they find it easier to trust a misguided friend on social media than some distant politician who may or may not be on the payroll of 'big pharma.'
Either way, the anti-vaxxers movement is a dangerous, health risk causing trend, one that we here at Bored Panda are doing our best to highlight. With the battle for truth mainly fought online these days, it's only natural that anti-vaxx memes have become a potent weapon. Easily shareable, concise, humorous and savage, they are perfect fodder for the “TL-DR” generation and have become a common way to 'mock' the anti-vaccination crowd into modifying their behavior. Whether it works or not is another discussion, as we have seen in the past, people who feel under attack for their beliefs often double-down and solidify them in response. This is part of the reason why we have the least qualified President in the history of the United States, and political paralysis in the U.K.
Another thing to take into consideration with these memes is that they often carry an undercurrent of sexism with them; the savage roasts are targeted to the 'Anti-Vax Mom.' This mom is portrayed as dumb and naive, clutching her essential oils and a clean-eating regime, obsessed with her kids and suspicious of anything that isn't 'organic.' Presumably, all the dads in this scenario are ambivalent toward vaccinations, keeping quiet in the background while his shrill, unbearable wife makes a public spectacle of herself. Where are you all, Anti-Vaxx Dads?
No matter where you sit on this preventable diseases debate, the best memes we've collected below will give you a guilty chuckle. Dark, clever and merciless, they make their point loud and clear. But will they change anyone's minds? Only time will tell.
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#1
He's Miraculously Healthy
Meowton Mewsk 6 years ago
You should tell her so she doesn’t go around thinking she did the right thing.
sh 6 years ago (edited)
Exactly!! How many anti-vaxxer moms are touting how great this is when really the dad went and had them vaccinated? Don't let those nuts take credit for the child's health.
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vogonpoet 6 years ago
True story. I come from a hippy-dippy, airy-fairy family background (on my mother's side). They're super homeopathic-hypnotherapy-air-breathairian types. However, due to not vaccinating, my uncle died at the age of 2 from tetanus. Though they're all still airy-fairy-flippy-whatsit, the need for vaccinations is firmly impressed upon us. It's sad that it took the life of my uncle, and the devastation it caused the family, but we're all pro-vaxx.
Candice Ravel 6 years ago
Sorry, but being an anti vaxxer is a HUGE dealbreaker for me to date or even be friends with, lol! Good on dad for not being a total idiot though.
Kaisu Rei 6 years ago
Yep, I would never date anyone who's an anti-vaxxer!
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vogonpoet 6 years ago
I put off vaccinating my middle two children, after the reaction one of them had after every innoculation. I'm not anti-vaxx, I just thought it best to put it off till my younger three were older. My youngest (6) is fully innoculated, however my 13 and 11 year olds are not, due to insane ex-husband/anti-vaxxer. Now he's moved overseas, Miss 11 is getting her first vaxx on Tuesday, and is actually looking forward to it.
Ann McKenzie 6 years ago
Please get them both done- reactions are ok and can be dealt with. I've had this too. Better that than they or someone immunodeficient suffers much worse!! I'm glad you're on board with it x
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Mr. Sloth Ge 5 years ago
@Trish Smith, is this anti-vaxxer saying that getting diseases are good for you, do you feel pain? Are you a human?
The measles virus could, in theory, be killed off completely if we got our act together. Because humans are the only carriers of the virus and we have an effective vaccine, if we manage to vaccinate enough people, particularly in the developing world, the disease could soon be eradicated.
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#2
Sneaking Out To Get Shots
Mia Yuish 6 years ago
I don't know why , but this picture really gets me . I feel very pity for those kids who their parents doesn't allow them to get vaccine .
logical fallacy 6 years ago
When a child has to be the adult it's always sad. And unfair. The good thing is that kids, teens and young adults now seem better informed than their parents, which means the education systems around the world are doing a good job explaining how vaccines work :)
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Dr0pd3adfr3d 4 years ago
In the 1980’s an experiment was done by injecting a hundred rats with a non lethal virus “a” and another hundred rats with a non lethal virus “b” after which all 200 rats survived. Then they combined virus a and b and injected another 100 rats which killed 60% of the rats. So who knows what will come from vaccine a with 1 or more lethal pathogens.
Mike D. 5 years ago
Very sad. It seems like everybody on this page is just pushing for vaccines - what´s your motivation ? You spent so much time to post all this here, not a lot of good discussion just bashing... ..suspicous...
WildZealot 2 years ago
Oooh someone's triggered! BRB imma grab some popcorn...
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holo it's me 6 years ago
well, good for them but you have to agree it's sad that they couldn't get vaccinated in the first place
Load More Replies...However, as we know, the anti-vax movement is proving to be a sticking point, one that is threatening to derail the progress made in developed countries.
#3
Anti-Vaxxer Logic
Jose Iseous 3 years ago (edited)
Just because it's safe, that doesn't make it healthy. Cigarettes are safe too. Have fun, sheep. 🤡
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Monday 6 years ago
*rolls eyes* ugh don't you know that the government is lying to you about the bridges? It's all a big scam by the architects and builders who just want to make money! Don't trust the bridges! Make your children swim!
Gryffindor 6 years ago
Even if they drown they will still be safer than if they went on the perfectly safe bridge that thousands of people go on without getting injured...
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Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
Anti-vax parents had sensible parents. So they are vaccinated themselves. What they would do here is use the bridge themselves but let their kids swim while they know that there are sharks in the water.
Captain Foley 6 years ago
Another example is : Life is only 99% safe for my kids, I guess i'll let them die
Gigglemage 6 years ago
The water has sharks in it that you can't see from the surface but we know that some people have swam across and lived so the water must be safe enough to swim across. Better not risk that bridge then! -.-
Quinn Alexander 6 years ago
River needs flesh eating crocodiles to really be an accurate comparison.
#4
Do You Need Another Smack?
Mama Panda 6 years ago
Sometimes I feel like I am the doctor in this series and my nieces are the woman in the red shirt. I think it should be allowed to slap the c**p out of someone if they are doing stupid s**t like red shirt lady is doing!!!
In the U.S. for example, the vaccination rates for MMR are high, with 91% of children getting the shot. That's almost enough for herd immunity, meaning that the virus finds it nearly impossible to find enough people to infect, and serves as a protection for those who can't be immunized.
#5
Healing Oils
logical fallacy 6 years ago
This is kinda misleading since essential oils do literally nothing to prevent diseases, while that poor cheese puff is doing its best.
Nikki D 6 years ago
Thanks for the laugh, I really needed it this morning!
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Dr0pd3adfr3d 4 years ago
More than 25% of big pharma's medicines are based on plants that grows in the Amazon...
#6
Germs Everywhere
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
I sneezed upon his head, he coughed and now he's dead.
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Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
On the second day after a colon cancer operation, a visitor sneezes all over me in the corridor and I ended up with an extra two weeks in hospital and two lifetimes' worth of antibiotics. Still here!
Kim Lorton 6 years ago
I sneezed all over him, he spun around and just went down, mama... ooooohooohh ohhhhooooo, jos life is over now, he developed all these spots, and puss filled little pox, mamaaaaa, his life is over now, found he wasn’t vaccinated, his mom was ant all the wayyyy, mama! Thank you soo, soo much, for vaccinating me, I’m prosecution freeee, my life will continue on.. cause I been vaccinated, and will remain disease free, mamaaaaaa!
FortnitePlayerGirl 6 years ago (edited)
One. Of. The. Best. Things. I. Have. Ever. Read. ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!
Dr0pd3adfr3d 4 years ago
A vaccinated person spreads the injected pathogens for up to 2 weeks after the vaccination to others. Just like he would be contagious if he contracted any illness via normal means in the past. That's why we end up with your spike proteins from the covid vax.
WildZealot 2 years ago
Your head is on backwards. Let's fix that with a controlled shock!
Load More Replies...But there are increasing 'hotspots,' areas where people are choosing to 'opt out' of vaccines for their children, and these areas are vulnerable to outbreaks. The recent outbreak in the Oregon/Washington State area is an example of this.
#7
But Nothing's Changed
vogonpoet 6 years ago
I have three autistic daughters. Two were vaxxed at all the recommended ages. The youngest I put off until she was 8, due to issues with her being a stroppy mf. I can definitely say even though I never bought into the myth that vaccines cause autism, it doesn't cause them. My youngest girl was so obviously ASD since she was born. Totally genetic (I'm ASD also).
Letitia Hedding 6 years ago
I saw poop too, what is sad is I didn't realise it wasn't meant to be that lol
Dr0pd3adfr3d 4 years ago
Vaccines don’t work and is just an ideological weapon – Dr Tom Jefferson
THEPS 6 years ago
A lot of your top scientists have Autism. So technically Autism causes Vaccines. :)
MIA PAULINI 6 years ago
This is true . It's like say hey make me ugly. *hands photo of ugly self* Nothing has changed....exactly
It's not only the U.S. where people are skipping readily-available vaccines; there were over 40,000 cases in Europe in 2018, a record in the vaccine era.
#8
Top Scientists
WildZealot 2 years ago
Antivaxxers: "I'd rather have a dead child than an autistic one!"
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My response: I'd rather have autism than me dead from a disease that could easily be prevented, Karen.
Just saying 6 years ago
I did try looking up the other day if Edward Jenner had autistic traits but not enough info.
Nico Swit 6 years ago
it appears with recent theories that all humans are autistics at a point. In few manners and at lower levels than what we continue to call "autists", but still.
Load More Replies...The MMR vaccine covers 3 diseases: Measles, Mumps and Rubella. Children are recommended to take 2 doses of the vaccine, first between 12 and 15 months, and second between 4 and 6 years. Parents are often most concerned about the first dose, when their child is very young and supposedly more at risk of complications from the vaccine. It has been proven to be very safe however, a live but very weak version of the virus is given to stimulate antibodies, which then will protect the child in the future. Mild rashes and fevers can occur as side effects of the vaccine, but more severe reactions are so rare as to be virtually non-existent. The benefits of prevention massively outweigh the minuscule risks.
#9
Preventable Diseases
logical fallacy 6 years ago
Hydrothermal worm under electron microscope. It lives in the deep sea so it's sort of irrelevant here, but its expression is too accurate XD
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Zori the degu 6 years ago
This should be on the top, even though, as Logical fallacy pointed out, it's really a worm and not a virus. ;)
The Hunter Show 6 years ago
Dats a vagina with teeth and horns. Jesus christ. We are all going to die.
Theamazingfrobo 6 years ago
Alright this thing is very freaky looking but that caption is gold 🤣
The scary thing about measles is that it's so easy to transmit. As an airborne virus, it can be passed along through tiny droplets from the nose and mouth, and can survive for up to two hours on surfaces that have been coughed and sneezed upon. Because the symptoms don't appear for up to four days, a person can unknowingly walk around infecting people before they even know they have the virus. One person can quite easily transmit measles to up to 20 people before getting symptoms, which means that an un-immunized population faces a huge risk if an outbreak occurs. This is why it's so important to get vaccinated! Measles was officially eliminated in the U.S. but has been allowed to make a comeback, mainly due to lax laws and the rise of the anti-vax movement. Have fun browsing these memes but remember, this is a serious issue so do your research.
#10
Why Complicate Things
CrazyCatLady 6 years ago
Wow, that you took the time to calculate this, I'm seriously impressed.
Load More Replies... Nahla O'Rourke 6 years ago
Anti-vax parents are just pro-life parents who don't want their kid anymore
Jose Iseous 3 years ago (edited)
Only way to vaccinate a clown is to Panick it. Since the vaccine health benefits just didn't quite cut it 😆
WildZealot 2 years ago (edited)
*Yawn* try harder, anti vaxxer. We'll be the ones laughing and p**sing on your grave when your pwecious wittwe essential oils suddenly don't work anymore 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Load More Replies... Dr0pd3adfr3d 4 years ago
Because vaccines are injected and not taken orally they are more toxic to the body because the organs in the human body could not filter out all the toxins. Heavy metals in the body from vaccines gets trapped by immune cells because the body does not know what to do with the heavy metals, thus resulting in a compromised immune system.
WildZealot 2 years ago (edited)
Damn you're still going? You're just trying to sound smart when you really don't have a clue on what you're talking about.
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#11
A Good Business
logical fallacy 6 years ago
House MD is an excellent, hilarious show, which, especially in the early episodes, focused on similar issues in the medical community, like anti-vaxxers and problems with antibiotics resistance.
Katinka Min 6 years ago
'Hello, Sick People!!' God, I love that show, especially the middle seasons.
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Death Metal Kitty 6 years ago
Oh c'mon, why does the mother have to look like a hippie? Give them credit where it's due, hippies could actually think for themselves.
Jeff Stiles 6 years ago
I don't know if this is an actual episode, but if it's not, somebody knows house well.
Daniel Laemmerhirt 6 years ago
This is real dialogue from an episode! Then House proceeds to play with the baby a bit like a sweet-heart.
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#12
Refusing To Vaccinate
Ashley Kellers 6 years ago
Maybe you could argue it might be a double negative and therefore cancel out the Autism? Makes just about as much sense no?
Frozengeckolover 6 years ago
I work with autistic individuals. The parents think if vaccines can cause autism, then they will kill a kid who already has autism. I work with one boy who was diagnosed before his vaccinations were complete. His mom immediately stopped the rest of the vaccinations. Apparently, she knows best because she used to be a nurse (20 years ago). I work closely with kids and adults who are not vaccinated. I should really be issued a hazmat suite.
Ashley Fernandes 6 years ago
Who knows!?!?! It could be like dividing by zero. It could cure him. Or ya know, just protect him from disease.
Dashiel Carson 2 years ago
As an autistic man myself, I've always wonder that, if in a world where vaccines cause autism, would my autism double or cancel out? If its double, is there a limit to how far I can go autism-wise? If it cancels out, would I be able to get it back?
Dashiel Carson 2 years ago
As an autistic myself, I've often wondered if (in a hypothetical where vaccines cause autism) the autism would double or if it would cancel out.
#13
Facts And Logic
Mr. Sloth Ge 5 years ago
@Full Name, stop violating me with your different opinion
Load More Replies... Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
This is standard from people who confuse knowledge and opinion, believing them to be interchangeable and having the same worth as well as deserving of the same respect.
Ang.stl 6 years ago
Ohohoh!! This is like when my sister in law, who is not a favorite of mine, says "I don't believe in XXXX!" One she kept saying was she doesn't believe in pull ups, used in potty training. I bet if I shoved one down her throat she'd realize they truly are in existence, not like not believing in a zombie (which, btw she does), which is NOT REAL! Twit.
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vogonpoet 6 years ago
Sounds like my ex-husband. Thankfully he's effed off to his home country, so I'm finally able to get Miss 11 vaccinated.
Yuheftobesomad 6 years ago
So happy and also sad for you. I hope you'll be able to have a goos life with your kid(s)
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Phoebe Bean 6 years ago
"Vaccines are good for you and you still can be stupid, but healthy stupid"-
Freya the Wanderer 6 years ago
Anti-vaxxers minds are made up - don't try to confuse them with facts.
Nomadus Aureus 6 years ago
I once got into a scientific argument (with a fellow scientist in the same field, none the less) where they've ended the conversation, after the peer-reviewed, verifiable proof that countered their argument made them feel uncomfortable and sad.
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#14
Antivax Kids
Momo Skarsgård 6 years ago
No no you laughed the right amount, I think we all did. I'm still laughing. Lmaoo
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Veronica Vatter 6 years ago
My grandpa had polio. Polio sucks a*s. I did laugh at this though. BTW he fully supported vaxxing
Rosalind Kohut 6 years ago
I watched a good friend of mine die from Polio in thr late 1950s before vaccines. She was gone and missed out on a whole life. I am truly thankful I didn't have to worry my children would get that dreaded disease!
Dr0pd3adfr3d 4 years ago
"We have known now since 1961 in the US, & prior to that in other countries, that the live virus vaccine for polio does cause the disease itself." https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/sabin-vs-salk-oral-vs-injected-vaccine
WildZealot 2 years ago
The fact that you're still going is both impressive and utterly pathetic.
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#15
Getting Vaccinated
Dr0pd3adfr3d 4 years ago
Flu viruses mutates continuously so by the time you get the flu shot the vaccine would be useless against the strain of virus it was designed for.
Cyndi Whitley 3 years ago
If ur that scared you have to be like don't worry, soon you'll be vaccinated and you'll never be sick again You're a seriously brainwashed vaccinated sheep and u should be looking into what heavy metals infested ur own brain As a kid from the s**t YOU got. 😆
#16
Anti-Vaxxer Logic
Monday 6 years ago
What happens when the kid of an antivaxx mom is diagnosed with Autism? Do they then get the vaccine?
Rachel Franke 6 years ago
They probably just assume the doctor/psychologist who gives the autism diagnosis is wrong. And then turns to their anti-vaxx Facebook group to complain about the horrible lies their doctor tried to tell them.
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Sophie Warner 6 years ago (edited)
You could get Autism, then polio though... Both without having anywhere near a vaccination.
Dr0pd3adfr3d 4 years ago
"We have known now since 1961 in the US, & prior to that in other countries, that the live virus vaccine for polio does cause the disease itself." https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/sabin-vs-salk-oral-vs-injected-vaccine
Jose Iseous 3 years ago
Only way to vaccinate a clown is to Panick it. Since the vaccine health benefits just didn't quite cut it 😆
#17
We Are All The Same
Cyndi Whitley 3 years ago
🤣 climate change is their new kick. Congrats u were on the fkn sheep bandwagon years before the propaganda.
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Robert Hyren 3 years ago
Flat Earth- People that live furthest from China must be furious that they even have to engage in this debate... Their "worldwiew” or watever, should mean slower spread of viruses, or am I as stupid as they are?
Kloie Olsen 4 years ago
Stop with this!!!! AUTISM IS NOT FUNNY!!! MY LITTLE BRO HAS IT AND IT IS HARD!!!!!
Jenny He 2 years ago
I am autistic and think that many people have lost the ability to laugh at themselves a bit. Please stop speaking for the vast diversity of autistics.
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Stan Chung 6 years ago
You know your country's healthcare is c**p when there is so much mistrust in it. Fix the mistrust. That fake anti vax doctor who made the fave finding should be put on roadshow as punishment to say he lied.
Melodie Peters Parkinson 6 years ago
Probably someone else has commented, but Black, White, and Asian skulls are different from each other in appearance.
#18
But I Googled It!
Hello it Smee 6 years ago
Uneducated anti-vaxxer parents think their 8th grade education is better than hundreds of thousands of PhDs.
Monday 6 years ago
It's the educated ones that scare me. The ones that made it all the way through a degree and still did not develop any critical thinking skills....
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The Girl on Fire 6 years ago
Or join a Facebook group where they post links to studies made in the 1950's by uprofessionals
Sera the Dragon 5 years ago
Those who know the least assume they know the most
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Now I see why you're so deliciously delusional... You're a right-winger! It makes so much sense now!
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Twenty øne doggos 6 years ago
It's true! Why do they think that they know more than the doctors?! The doctors have studied WAY more then they have, and they know what they're doing. Have you ever heard of an anti-vaxx doctor?!
Gemma Lees 6 years ago
But I read the insert and I couldn't pronounce all of the ingredients, therefore they cause gay autism!
#19
Normal vs. Anti-Vaxx
Chris Sprucefield 6 years ago
well, one is by text, as they are now adults. the second is just depessing...
vogonpoet 6 years ago
Reminds me of my family. I was raised in a Spiritualist household (except my dad didn't buy into the bollocks).
WildZealot 2 years ago
Spiritualism and Religion and general are both b******t.
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Dr0pd3adfr3d 4 years ago
There is no evidence that vaccines effect the transmission of diseases.
WildZealot 2 years ago
Two words: P**s off. Also, while it's true that vaccines don't necessarily "cure" a virus, they do prepare your immune system in case you get infected or get a repeat infection, but i don't expect your tiny, smooth brain to be able to comprehend what I'm saying in the slightest.
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#20
Not Interested In Evidence
Monday 6 years ago
I sometimes wonder if antivaxxers believe the earth is flat or flat earthers are antivax.....
Sophie Warner 6 years ago
Not necessarily. There are a sufficient amount of people who are willing to believe things which have been utterly disproved by scientific fact, that each disproved or discredited theory can have their own believers! I think there may be some overlap, but also there are members of one group, who laugh at the members of the other group for believing such nonsense, while not seeing the paradox that is glaringly obvious to any outside observer.
Load More Replies... Mr. Sloth Ge 5 years ago
At least flat-earthers have a flat-earth society, anti-vaxxers are just idiots that are not even organized
WildZealot 2 years ago
Congratulations! You just accidentally described most people in a nutshell!
Jose Iseous 3 years ago
Only way to vaccinate a clown is to Panick it. Since the vaccine health benefits just didn't quite cut it 😆
Dr0pd3adfr3d 4 years ago
There’s never been a scientific double blind placebo controlled study done on vaccines.
#21
Trust The Internet
Momo Skarsgård 6 years ago
It's so gross! I wonder what genius thought that was a good combination. Lol
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Jose Iseous 3 years ago
Only way to vaccinate a clown is to Panick it. Since the vaccine health benefits just didn't quite cut it 😆
WildZealot 2 years ago
You're literally just copying and pasting your own comment over and over again, and it's getting annoying.
Load More Replies... Vincent Spadaro 5 years ago
Sure, just trust the internet. Like the time somebody said they found a land octopus
Dr0pd3adfr3d 4 years ago
Furthermore vaccines contain polysorbate-80 which is a drug given to patients prior to brain surgery to allow the opening of the blood brain barrier. Resulting mercury and aluminium to go straight into the brain. Aluminium toxicity is linked to alzheimers which is 4 times more prevalent than cancer in the USA. Repeated vaccinations causes mercury to accumulate in the brain.
Felisae Moon 3 years ago
Stop trying to pretend being intelligent, I'm sure you wouldn't pass basic chemistry
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I Want To Grow Old
Enea 6 years ago
These you-will-die-at-3 memes really miss the point. Most likely, unvaccinated kids don't die, but they weaken heard immunity, so viruses can spread more easily and develop into epidemics. The really antisocial thing about anti-vaxxers is that they actually count on heard immunity to protect their kids, which works exactly as long as they stay a small minority. Once you have topped a critical mass, everybody falls ill.
Dorothy Parker 6 years ago
The issue is not that these healthy children will die, but that they will kill fragile immune compromised children and adults, and babies too young to be vaccinated.
The Flash 6 years ago
I can naturally live up till I’m 150, and supes here is basically immortal. And we both still vaccinate!
WildZealot 2 years ago
They never wanted children, but didn't want to abort because they're "pro-life". Disgusting...
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#23
Baby Shots
Glittery Panda 3 years ago
Agreed. Giving you baby shots prevents peanut allergies and weak bones!
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Bruno Consul 6 years ago (edited)
f**k, this diagram is really wrong. The interval analysis is flawn. "Not giving shots to babies" has to be expressed as an union between "anti-vaxxers" and "responsible bartender", and you guys expressed an intersection. Which implies that some anti-vaxxers do give shots to babies, and some responsible bartenders also give shots to babies.
#24
That's Enough For You
Cyndi Whitley 3 years ago
Jist as terrifying as the vaccine related propaganda you watch on TV I bet
Load More Replies... Vincent Spadaro 5 years ago
Your life when you get hacked after you get super ultra mega charzard
Jose Iseous 3 years ago
Only way to vaccinate a clown is to Panick it. Since the vaccine health benefits just didn't quite cut it 😆
#25
Catch Them All
Nikki D 6 years ago (edited)
I'm so sad that I was born a little too late for the chicken pox vaccine. I have pock scars and have had shingles. I would never intentionally put a kid at risk of that.
Susan Smith 6 years ago
There is a shingles vaccine that you can take, even if you've had shingles (it can recur). The problem with the chicken pox vaccine is that it is not recommended to get boosters every 10 years. As a result, you are again susceptible to the disease at a later date. My nephew contracted chicken pox when he was 17 as the vaccine he received as a child had worn off. This is very dangerous for men as it can make them sterile.
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Mary Phillips 6 years ago
I, too, had shingles. It destroyed my phrenic (not sure of the spelling) nerve on my left side, paralyzing the left half of my diaphragm. I now have trouble breathing. I would NEVER let any child of mine be at risk for getting this awful disease. We need to start looking at refusal to vaccinate as child abuse, and court order (and court enforce, if necessary) vaccinations for ALL kids, unless there is a sound medical reason not to vaccinate.
elfin 6 years ago
Most vaccine comments are about kids, but I'll throw this one in for shingles. If you were ever exposed to chicken pox then you may well get shingles when you're a senior. There is a new, 2-shot vaccine available that is extremely effective. It's pricey, but word is that shingles hurts worse than acid poured on open skin and it can come and go for years. The new vaccine is recommended even if you've had shingles, but you need to wait until you're symptom free.
@the_bookworm 6 years ago
not to say the vaccine didn't work, I just think this is a funny story: I got the vaccine and I got pox anyhoo. The thing is they didn't itch. So i got to stay home, watch TV and eat froyo until they went away!
WildZealot 2 years ago
Antivaxxer don't realize that while yes vaccines don't cure diseases, they prepare your immune system for it. (The immune system is extremely complex. Just about as complex as the average non-stupid person's brain)
Load More Replies... Ann McKenzie 6 years ago
Not sure if the vaccine was around when I was little (1970's) but either way I didn't have it. My daughter was vaccinated as normal when a baby and when it went around at her day care centre (thanks anti-vax parents!) she didn't get it but I did, and it was horrific. I never want to feel that sick and go through such a thing again. And no one should have to!
Ang.stl 6 years ago
I had chicken pox twice, once at 6 months old, which I was told was a pretty light case. When I had them again in second grade, as happens in my family pretty often, and all I remember is that I got in trouble if I scratched and calamine is worthless!! I do have a compromised immune system, so I started asking for the shingles vaccine as soon as I'd heard about it. From what I understand it is only supposed to make shingles less evil, not completely block it.
Letitia Hedding 6 years ago
I got the vaccine for chicken pox but caught it from my cousins who were not vaccinated, not a fun thing
#26
Better Late Than Never
logical fallacy 6 years ago
I was going to comment something sarcastic like 'oh wow these diseases are still around?", but then I checked online about this woman. Turns out that was her thinking, plus generic fear over vaccines. Many people think that these diseases are eliminated, so getting the shot is unnecessary, and they're scared by unsubstantiated rumours they're not equipped scientifically to understand. Both are wrong. These diseases still exist and they kill, and the science behind vaccines is simple. Dare to read about it, and it's game over for anti-vaxxers.
Sophie Warner 6 years ago
I am 38, I wasn't given the MMR vaccine. Not due to my parents though! My dad had severe allergies, eczema & asthma. When I was born I also had all three. The MMR vaccine has/then had an egg base & one of my dad's worst allergies was to eggs. I had reacted to other vaccines, but could eat eggs. The doctor would not give me the vaccine due to my dad's allergy & my having similar medical issues & minor reactions to other vaccines. I got mumps twice. One side at a time, which was delightful. I got rubella. I also got measles. I had such bad measles head to foot, I even had them on the surface of my eyeballs, inside my ears,mouth & nose. I was about 7/8 years old. When I was 16 I went blind in my left eye overnight. The cause was viral damage to the nerves behind my eye caused by the measles.n I am now classed as partially sighted. My parents were not anti-vaccination, they had my older sister vaccinated & I had any vaccines that did not have the egg base. They were just following advice.
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#27
Sorry To Bother
seth bethune 6 years ago
what the f**k is everyone problem with autism it is not nearly as debilitating as people claim
WildZealot 2 years ago
Antivaxxers see autism as "the ultimate disease" or some s**t...
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Jules Jules 4 years ago (edited)
This one is pretty ableist. Don’t equate being a shitty inconsiderate and ignorant person with a disability. Yikes 😬
Daniel Laemmerhirt 6 years ago
I'm physically disabled from fatigue, but even *I* feel terrible for this poor guy. Must be tough to deal with that level of autism.:(
#28
Getting Your Shots
Sophie Warner 6 years ago
You can give consent for contraceptive injections under the age of 18 without your parents knowledge. So you can have autonomy over your body when it comes to whether you get pregnant, but not whether you get a virus that could kill you. This makes no sense whatsoever to me.
Karen Lyon 5 years ago
One of my second cousin (whose Mom is an RN) has five kids, none of them vaccinated. She sends her kids to a private school that doesn't mandate it. The oldest just turned 18 and graduated from HS. Wouldn't be surprised if he gets vaccinated as soon as he can.
Matthew Morrill 6 years ago
Forget the anti-vaxx sentiment for a sec--what the hell did someone have in mind when they thought up this stock photo?!?
#29
Evil Medicine
Kururi.Orihara 6 years ago
Now that I think about it, Anit-Vaxxers are probably equivalent to the people who persecuted others in the Salem Witch Trails. Something they don't understand=must be evil and avioded at all costs.
FatBaby 6 years ago
I've always wonder what this kid is actually afraid of....like why is he holding a cross and stuff
Jilltdcatlady 6 years ago
Just like the plague doctors of the dark ages. Had to be Satan's minions because God caused the plague, and it was good.
WildZealot 2 years ago
You just accidentally described religion and spiritualism in a nutshell...
Load More Replies... Jose Iseous 3 years ago
Only way to vaccinate a clown is to Panick it. Since the vaccine health benefits just didn't quite cut it 😆
#30
Stop Right There
Nathan Parrish 6 years ago
did anyone else just pick the "shut up" and "go away" options to see if he left?
Lynnie Hendricks 6 years ago
Absolutely! Of course he never does, but I do like the way the male avatar says, "Go A-Way."
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Jenna Wilkins 6 years ago
Anti-vaxxers shouldnt reproduce if their intention is to not vaccinate them in the first place. But then again let natural selection take its course and punish them with dead children. Stupidity at its finest...
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Monday 6 years ago
Last year one of my former lecturers lost their 1 month old baby son to a whooping cough outbreak. He had been exposed to someone who had not been vaccinated and he himself was too young to receive the vaccine. This totally preventable disease killed a baby because someone decided not to vaccinate. I wish this was crime.
MagNat 6 years ago
This. Don't love your own baby? Fine, don't vaccinate. But keep it away from the rest of the society.
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logical fallacy 6 years ago
One of the many things antivaxxers fail to see is that not only are they endangering their own children (which is like a crime or something, right?), but they are also putting at risk all those who have no immunity temporarily or permanently. Also, I'd like to point out that after the overwhelming evidence against a connection between autism and vaccines, anti-vaxxers have moved away from that argument, swapping it for things like 'one time I was vaccinated and juvenile arthritis set in 'shortly', so that must be it' or 'yeah, I don't like giving big pharma money over a tiny chance my kid gets measles, which isnt so bad btw". Not enough time to point out all the logical fallacies here, but it's just NONSENSE.
Heather Newby 3 years ago
if your three booster shots dont protect you,, what makes u think my shot will protect you?
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CrunChewy McSandybutt 6 years ago
Most of these memes indicate the non-vaccinated child is at high risk of death, but in reality, it's the non-vaccinated child that is the danger to those with compromised immune systems.
minerva15 6 years ago
I predict at the bottom of this post there shall be antivaxxers ranting.
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
To be honest. I really don't get why administrations all over the world are so hesitant to write laws that force parents to vaccinate. If I decide to brew up some deadly mix of viruses and brag about it, I will get arrested and have to stand trial for biological terrorism. So what's the difference with anti-vaxxers?
Cyndi Whitley 3 years ago
🤣 the amount of zombie brains here is astonishing.
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Carlos Molina 6 years ago
In Costa Rica, we now have the first case of imported Measles in several years thanks to tourist family from France that did not get their vaccines.
Bettina Jansen 6 years ago
I feel like I should apologise for my country-people :(
Load More Replies... kathryn stretton 6 years ago
Lot of this about ant vax moms. Shameful, but surely the dads are equally to blame? Just vaccinate your children, PARENTS !!!!
TL Dragon 6 years ago
Simple truth here. Still its "normal" that moms get the bulk of say in how kids are raised. It's not right, it's changing, but it's kinda sad how long it's taking us to get "there" in terms of Dads being on equal footing in the parent department. :( we're a dumb species in many respects.
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blugeagua 6 years ago
Why are these directed at mom's when there are just as many crazy men who don't believe in vaccinating their kids either.
Cyndi Whitley 3 years ago
Typically, Moms have more time to read and find the truth than Dads, who often work more hours. 😉
Load More Replies... Monday 6 years ago
Last year one of my former lecturers lost their 1 month old baby son to a whooping cough outbreak. He had been exposed to someone who had not been vaccinated and he himself was too young to receive the vaccine. This totally preventable disease killed a baby because someone decided not to vaccinate. I wish this was crime.
MagNat 6 years ago
This. Don't love your own baby? Fine, don't vaccinate. But keep it away from the rest of the society.
Load More Replies... logical fallacy 6 years ago
One of the many things antivaxxers fail to see is that not only are they endangering their own children (which is like a crime or something, right?), but they are also putting at risk all those who have no immunity temporarily or permanently. Also, I'd like to point out that after the overwhelming evidence against a connection between autism and vaccines, anti-vaxxers have moved away from that argument, swapping it for things like 'one time I was vaccinated and juvenile arthritis set in 'shortly', so that must be it' or 'yeah, I don't like giving big pharma money over a tiny chance my kid gets measles, which isnt so bad btw". Not enough time to point out all the logical fallacies here, but it's just NONSENSE.
Heather Newby 3 years ago
if your three booster shots dont protect you,, what makes u think my shot will protect you?
Load More Replies... CrunChewy McSandybutt 6 years ago
Most of these memes indicate the non-vaccinated child is at high risk of death, but in reality, it's the non-vaccinated child that is the danger to those with compromised immune systems.
minerva15 6 years ago
I predict at the bottom of this post there shall be antivaxxers ranting.
Wil Vanderheijden 6 years ago
To be honest. I really don't get why administrations all over the world are so hesitant to write laws that force parents to vaccinate. If I decide to brew up some deadly mix of viruses and brag about it, I will get arrested and have to stand trial for biological terrorism. So what's the difference with anti-vaxxers?
Cyndi Whitley 3 years ago
🤣 the amount of zombie brains here is astonishing.
Load More Replies... Carlos Molina 6 years ago
In Costa Rica, we now have the first case of imported Measles in several years thanks to tourist family from France that did not get their vaccines.
Bettina Jansen 6 years ago
I feel like I should apologise for my country-people :(
Load More Replies... kathryn stretton 6 years ago
Lot of this about ant vax moms. Shameful, but surely the dads are equally to blame? Just vaccinate your children, PARENTS !!!!
TL Dragon 6 years ago
Simple truth here. Still its "normal" that moms get the bulk of say in how kids are raised. It's not right, it's changing, but it's kinda sad how long it's taking us to get "there" in terms of Dads being on equal footing in the parent department. :( we're a dumb species in many respects.
Load More Replies... blugeagua 6 years ago
Why are these directed at mom's when there are just as many crazy men who don't believe in vaccinating their kids either.
Cyndi Whitley 3 years ago
Typically, Moms have more time to read and find the truth than Dads, who often work more hours. 😉
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