Girl Goes Viral On Twitter For Delivering All The Real Facts About Vaccines And People Can’t Thank Her Enough
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There seems to be a bizarre kind of malaise among many people, in Western countries at least, in which people have stopped trusting facts, experts and science and are won over by the politics of emotion instead. In the age of ‘fake news,’ where blatant lies are overlooked and we only want our entrenched bias confirmed for us, preferably in simplistic terms, debates that should’ve been put to bed decades ago are bafflingly enduring. The flat Earth theory is surely, at its heart, merely elaborate and largely harmless trolling. But why are we still debating the merits of vaccinations?
Twitter user tsharp did us all a favor recently by presenting the facts about vaccines in a thouroughly modern way. She began a thread that perfectly illustrated the fallacies of the main anti-vaxxer arguments (mercury, autism etc.) using cartoons and GIFs to keep the easily distracted reader engaged.
While the thread was largely welcomed by people who praised her accurate, easy-to-read and properly cited work, there are of course those people who will never be shifted from their almost religiously unshakable beliefs, and will instead find ways to twist the facts to suit their agenda. Sadly, this kind of behaviour has become acceptable in today’s post-truth world, and it’s something that we as a society need to deal with. Scroll down below to check out tsharp’s enlightening thread for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
Twitter user tsharp recently uploaded an enlightening thread about vaccinations
Here’s what people had to say about it
What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
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Thank you! My mind cannot comprehend how in this day and age there are people dumb enough not to vaccinate their children. If they want to ruin their own lives that's fine, but when you have a child you have a sacred duty to care for it. This includes vaccinating them and feeding them properly. Vegans and anti- vaccers are committing child abuse.
"If they want to ruin their own lives that's fine, but (...)" Exactly. And not only their children, but a whole population is ar risk. It's like driving a car, with your children in the backseat while intentionally breaking safety laws of the road.
I would be very interested to know - that if an anti-vaxxer's child is sadly diagnosed with Autism - what do they put the blame on then?
they have developed an Ebola vaccine - I was reading about it earlier. If somehow this virus (and it eaasily could) find it's was to the US, would anti-vaxx people really refuse to have themselves and their children protected from a virus that has around 50% mortality rate
And with globalization and growing tourism the risk gets bigger every day.
one of the worst other culprits is super hygenic parents. Children are not getting exposed and developing immunity to normal germs and bacteria at an early age.
Family GP's should be more on the ball about this - whether NHS or private (for the rich idiots). they should only accept families as patients if the childrens immunisations are up to date. The parents would soon get fed up if they couldnt find doctors to moan to about their own food "intolerances" (no offence to those with genuine intolerances)
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Off topic - someone pls watch Sir John Mills in clips from Ryans Daughter - unrecognisable as the Autistic village guy and deserved his oscar 10 X over
The worst anti-vaccination argument I've ever heard is "People act like they're the biggest thing and they're not. What do they think people did before hospitals??" NEWS FLASH - they died slow and painful deaths from curable diseases.
my aunt died an agonising death from whooping cough - she was 3 yrs old - who would chose to willingly expose their children to these killer diseases - if enough people choose not to vaccinate - they will come back
do tell me i am wrong - but a combination of sterile formula and sterile environment is just going to leat to problems evertually for a child
Ikr. I know someone whose an antivaxxer ... I'm not surprised as much just cuz shes not the um brightest person I know. To put it lightly. I dont think she knows how vaccines, let alone medicine, work :( she has a kid too. So not vaccinated. Shes not a bad person, just ignorant. For sure if I had a kid tho, I doubt ill let them near her's.
Um, vegans are not the same thing as anti-vaxxers and are hardly committing child abuse!
I don't understand what vegans have to do with this. Yes some vegans might be antivaxxers but there are antivaxxers who eat meat so... I was raised pretty much vegan because my system couldn't digest any animal products properly so were my parents abusing me? No. If they had however fed me animal products and made me sick in the process, yes abuse of some kind. I was however vaccinated.
I was actually allergic to my mother's breastmilk, and any type of animal milk, because I'm allergic to casein. Oddly enough, I'm also allergic to soya and any product derived from it. I had to have a special formula brought from a different country. After my parents were unable to afford it, they simply stopped giving me milk. I'm far taller than my peers and have a better academic performance than my brothers and sisters who were breastfed
mother's breast milk supplies, from mother to child, many of the antibodyies to basic infection (not the killer contagious diseases) and allergies for a baby, and probably much more. I kind of think the reduction in breastfeeding could be a factor in the increase in asthma and peanut allergies, along with intolerence to just about every foodgroup in existance
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@Sarah - Calcium that you ingest does NOT cross the barrier to do anything about your bones. The one and only way to improve bone mass is weight bearing exercise. This is settled science, we've known it for years. /// What real milk does for babies is provide the protein and animal fat that is required for proper brain and nerve development. NO vegetable substitute can do this.
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It’s more that vegans often deprive their bodies of things like iron and calcium. Having a child growing up without iron and calcium can be dangerous because their body won’t developed that much (lactose intolerant people are able to take other forms of calcium) if you have a both vegan and unvaccinated child, they won’t have a strong immune system from the lack of things in eggs, meat and milk.
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the only thing that comes close to replicating the nutrition found in animal protein is soya. people put their babies on this because they react to cows milk"formula". Pls tell me if i am wrong but I have never heard of a baby being allergic to their own mother;s breast milk. Know breast feeding is not for everyone and I dont have children
How is being Vegan child abuse? So long as the parents are well informed on their diëtary needs and know how to derive these from their sources of food.. I'd say its better than a conventional diet as you learn your kids something about consumer responsiblity.
A friend of mine died because someone didn't vaccinate their kid. She survived cancer but got sick due to compromised immune system.
:( I'm so sorry.
It's terrifying. After going through chemo, I lost immunity to many childhood diseases and pneumonia strains. Sick kids freak me out. You just never know anymore. It's so sad.
Julie Manuel no
A lot of new-age mumbo-jumbo lead to death by ignorance and stupidity. A friend opted for a "holistic approach" instead of the "poisonous chemotherapy" after mastectomy for breast cancer. I consider the bastards who run the place and sold her on the idea to be nothing short of murderers. Her daughter was only two and a half when she died.
I'm so sorry for you! Ant Vaxxers are idiotic brainless halfwit buffoons to think that they are doing the right thing.
That's the brainwashing and fear they want fed into :(
:(
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I had a neighbor with a nephew that knew this girl who's cousin hung out with a person that worked at a 7-11 store that told her she had a friend that the same thing happened.
This post should be at the top of the feature board for at least a week. Make sure you up vote it. Let see if we can get it to stick up there. Would be lovely if we on Bored Panda could show our support of being rational. Up vote this post if you forgot to after reading it.
Thank you! My mind cannot comprehend how in this day and age there are people dumb enough not to vaccinate their children. If they want to ruin their own lives that's fine, but when you have a child you have a sacred duty to care for it. This includes vaccinating them and feeding them properly. Vegans and anti- vaccers are committing child abuse.
"If they want to ruin their own lives that's fine, but (...)" Exactly. And not only their children, but a whole population is ar risk. It's like driving a car, with your children in the backseat while intentionally breaking safety laws of the road.
I would be very interested to know - that if an anti-vaxxer's child is sadly diagnosed with Autism - what do they put the blame on then?
they have developed an Ebola vaccine - I was reading about it earlier. If somehow this virus (and it eaasily could) find it's was to the US, would anti-vaxx people really refuse to have themselves and their children protected from a virus that has around 50% mortality rate
And with globalization and growing tourism the risk gets bigger every day.
one of the worst other culprits is super hygenic parents. Children are not getting exposed and developing immunity to normal germs and bacteria at an early age.
Family GP's should be more on the ball about this - whether NHS or private (for the rich idiots). they should only accept families as patients if the childrens immunisations are up to date. The parents would soon get fed up if they couldnt find doctors to moan to about their own food "intolerances" (no offence to those with genuine intolerances)
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Off topic - someone pls watch Sir John Mills in clips from Ryans Daughter - unrecognisable as the Autistic village guy and deserved his oscar 10 X over
The worst anti-vaccination argument I've ever heard is "People act like they're the biggest thing and they're not. What do they think people did before hospitals??" NEWS FLASH - they died slow and painful deaths from curable diseases.
my aunt died an agonising death from whooping cough - she was 3 yrs old - who would chose to willingly expose their children to these killer diseases - if enough people choose not to vaccinate - they will come back
do tell me i am wrong - but a combination of sterile formula and sterile environment is just going to leat to problems evertually for a child
Ikr. I know someone whose an antivaxxer ... I'm not surprised as much just cuz shes not the um brightest person I know. To put it lightly. I dont think she knows how vaccines, let alone medicine, work :( she has a kid too. So not vaccinated. Shes not a bad person, just ignorant. For sure if I had a kid tho, I doubt ill let them near her's.
Um, vegans are not the same thing as anti-vaxxers and are hardly committing child abuse!
I don't understand what vegans have to do with this. Yes some vegans might be antivaxxers but there are antivaxxers who eat meat so... I was raised pretty much vegan because my system couldn't digest any animal products properly so were my parents abusing me? No. If they had however fed me animal products and made me sick in the process, yes abuse of some kind. I was however vaccinated.
I was actually allergic to my mother's breastmilk, and any type of animal milk, because I'm allergic to casein. Oddly enough, I'm also allergic to soya and any product derived from it. I had to have a special formula brought from a different country. After my parents were unable to afford it, they simply stopped giving me milk. I'm far taller than my peers and have a better academic performance than my brothers and sisters who were breastfed
mother's breast milk supplies, from mother to child, many of the antibodyies to basic infection (not the killer contagious diseases) and allergies for a baby, and probably much more. I kind of think the reduction in breastfeeding could be a factor in the increase in asthma and peanut allergies, along with intolerence to just about every foodgroup in existance
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
@Sarah - Calcium that you ingest does NOT cross the barrier to do anything about your bones. The one and only way to improve bone mass is weight bearing exercise. This is settled science, we've known it for years. /// What real milk does for babies is provide the protein and animal fat that is required for proper brain and nerve development. NO vegetable substitute can do this.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
It’s more that vegans often deprive their bodies of things like iron and calcium. Having a child growing up without iron and calcium can be dangerous because their body won’t developed that much (lactose intolerant people are able to take other forms of calcium) if you have a both vegan and unvaccinated child, they won’t have a strong immune system from the lack of things in eggs, meat and milk.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
the only thing that comes close to replicating the nutrition found in animal protein is soya. people put their babies on this because they react to cows milk"formula". Pls tell me if i am wrong but I have never heard of a baby being allergic to their own mother;s breast milk. Know breast feeding is not for everyone and I dont have children
How is being Vegan child abuse? So long as the parents are well informed on their diëtary needs and know how to derive these from their sources of food.. I'd say its better than a conventional diet as you learn your kids something about consumer responsiblity.
A friend of mine died because someone didn't vaccinate their kid. She survived cancer but got sick due to compromised immune system.
:( I'm so sorry.
It's terrifying. After going through chemo, I lost immunity to many childhood diseases and pneumonia strains. Sick kids freak me out. You just never know anymore. It's so sad.
Julie Manuel no
A lot of new-age mumbo-jumbo lead to death by ignorance and stupidity. A friend opted for a "holistic approach" instead of the "poisonous chemotherapy" after mastectomy for breast cancer. I consider the bastards who run the place and sold her on the idea to be nothing short of murderers. Her daughter was only two and a half when she died.
I'm so sorry for you! Ant Vaxxers are idiotic brainless halfwit buffoons to think that they are doing the right thing.
That's the brainwashing and fear they want fed into :(
:(
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
I had a neighbor with a nephew that knew this girl who's cousin hung out with a person that worked at a 7-11 store that told her she had a friend that the same thing happened.
This post should be at the top of the feature board for at least a week. Make sure you up vote it. Let see if we can get it to stick up there. Would be lovely if we on Bored Panda could show our support of being rational. Up vote this post if you forgot to after reading it.