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doctors, nurses, or other health professionals claim to. Learning and knowledge
that we have is, at the most, little compared to that which we are ignorant Plato.
So, just so the rest of the world can stop working on vaccine research, how do you
naturally treat things like HIV, Ebola, Polio, Tetanus, and Rabies (just a few
examples)? Saying youre aware of how to treat these diseases naturally is
actually the stupidest way to address this argument. You are sort of implying that
not only will you not vaccinate your child to prevent disease, but you wouldnt use
medical intervention to treat it either. I guess you just know more than the rest of
us.
Next, I never questioned your intelligence. I actually said that your level of
intelligence wasnt the most important factor in your choice (though Im kind of
second guessing that now). Being properly informed and not biased is, in my
humble opinion, the most important. You say youve got hours/days/years whatever
of research backing your decisions. So, lay it out! Im not saying Im right and youre
wrong. Just back up what you say. It also does not mean that because of a title and
a decision I have made for my family that I am any less intelligent than you. Never
said that.
Finally, Ill address your final remarks. Again, did you read what I wrote? I never
stated that the deaths were in the US! Guess what? Americans arent the only
people over here. Theres no fence surrounding the US keeping people from coming
here. Theres also no ban on Americans from travelling worldwide. Were not
isolated.
We cannot be compared to a 3rd world country that does not have access to clean
water and sanitation. I would also like to add the global 147k deaths that did occur
were not in the US and we're in Heavily vaccinated areas.
Ok, so which is it? Are people outside of the US dying because they live in third
world countries, or are they in heavily vaccinated areas? It cant be both, because
third world countries do not have high vaccination rates. This statement is false. A
quote from UNICEF:
The possibility that children will become seriously ill or die depends largely on
whether their immune systems can fight off infections. Malnutrition, combined with
unsanitary or crowded conditions, makes them extremely vulnerable. Measles, for
instance, rarely kills in industrial countries but can cause up to 40 per cent mortality
among infected children in dire and overcrowded situations which may occur
following earthquakes, floods or when populations are displaced by conflict.
Its not a coincidence there havent been any deaths from measles in the US in
years. However, that can always change. A record 644 measles cases were recorded
in the United States in 2014. More than 150 cases of measles have been reported
across the US since January, with California officials diagnosing four more people on
Monday.
"An increasing number of parents in this country are hesitant to have their children
vaccinated," researchers explained in a recent paper in The New England Journal of
Enough said. As stated previously, I realize nothing anyone can do or say will
change your opinion and that is not the purpose of this response. The primary
objective is education and sharing research. But please, if you choose not to
vaccinate your children do not try to argue based on scientific fact. You simply cant
irrefutably argue that point. Thousands of scientists have a hard enough time
proving anything one way or another. Im not bashing you for your choice. Im
simply pointing out the ignorance of your vague explanations and your hypocritical
over dramatization of how open you are and how not open I seem. As Ive stated
again and again, keep doing research. It doesnt matter how much you have done
previously. Any scientist will tell you that research is never done.
as a nurse, or doctor etc does not mean that I have not put in hours and hours
months and years of research in my decisions. It also does not mean that because
of a title and a decision I have made for my family that I am any less intelligent than
you.
I would also like to add as far as the WHO statistics, if you look up from the cdc
there have been no measles deaths in the US for years. We cannot be compared to
a 3rd world country that does not have access to clean water and sanitation. I would
also like to add the global 147k deaths that did occur were not in the US and we're
in Heavily vaccinated areas.