Most of us seem to be in the position of the Sicilian.
It all comes down to knowledge. How much do we actually know about the contents of the “vaccine,” the “disease,” or the mechanics of how both work? If we were doctors, or even specialists, we would still only be making educated guesses on a lot of points. For one example, the mercury and squalene may not even be the most problematic aspects of the vaccine. For another example, certain elements may want the public to fear and distrust the very idea of vaccines, the better to make them sick or kill them off when they eschew more useful vaccines.
People routinely forget that back in the good old days, people tried to have as many children as they could because many would die from illnesses before they reached adolescence. Each one of my grandparents had seven to eleven siblings; coincidentally, or perhaps because of advances in hygienic practices, few if any died young of illnesses. Perhaps these demographic factors led to their later extermination in World War II, but who can be sure. Each of my parents only had two siblings, as did I. There was less concern that we would die from some disease because we all received vaccines. I do not recall any schoolmates being killed off from what used to kill off droves each year. How much is do to vaccines and how much is do to other implemented advances? Hard to know with absolute certainty; one can only speculate.
Ha, music from Final Fantasy VII. Appropriate, perhaps, if annoying.
The evidence suggests to me that vaccinations in general do work, and that they sometimes produce horrible effects.
I doubt there is a conspiracy to kill off massive numbers of people this very fall. It’s the precedent and the power set up by forcing vaccinations, or making refuseniks into pariahs, that is sinister.
Defense.gov News Photo 110426-A-7597S-183: U.S. Special Operations service members with Special Operations Task Force South board two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters following a clearing operation in Panjwa'i district in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 25, 2011. Source: Wikimedia.
I keep thinking of this clip from every time I come across the phony choice of “take the damn vaccine” vs. “vaccines are poison!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUee1WvtQZU&feature=player_embedded
Most of us seem to be in the position of the Sicilian.
It all comes down to knowledge. How much do we actually know about the contents of the “vaccine,” the “disease,” or the mechanics of how both work? If we were doctors, or even specialists, we would still only be making educated guesses on a lot of points. For one example, the mercury and squalene may not even be the most problematic aspects of the vaccine. For another example, certain elements may want the public to fear and distrust the very idea of vaccines, the better to make them sick or kill them off when they eschew more useful vaccines.
People routinely forget that back in the good old days, people tried to have as many children as they could because many would die from illnesses before they reached adolescence. Each one of my grandparents had seven to eleven siblings; coincidentally, or perhaps because of advances in hygienic practices, few if any died young of illnesses. Perhaps these demographic factors led to their later extermination in World War II, but who can be sure. Each of my parents only had two siblings, as did I. There was less concern that we would die from some disease because we all received vaccines. I do not recall any schoolmates being killed off from what used to kill off droves each year. How much is do to vaccines and how much is do to other implemented advances? Hard to know with absolute certainty; one can only speculate.
Ha, music from Final Fantasy VII. Appropriate, perhaps, if annoying.
The evidence suggests to me that vaccinations in general do work, and that they sometimes produce horrible effects.
I doubt there is a conspiracy to kill off massive numbers of people this very fall. It’s the precedent and the power set up by forcing vaccinations, or making refuseniks into pariahs, that is sinister.
I go with ltcolonelnemo:
This subject is far too complex to be reasonably “on one side of the issue”.
But what i smell are big, concerted efforts to create common knowledge out of thin air, and influenza is an example how this is carried out.
Again, it sickens me how scientific knowledge is being used to propagate social norms.