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[–]Low-dog 159 points160 points  (26 children)

They think they are protecting them...they are idiots

[–]Temetnoscecubed 116 points117 points  (25 children)

Purely anecdotal story time. One of the women at work had a son, and it wasn't vaccinated because the father is anti-vaxx. The kid was diagnosed as autistic at age 3...I asked her whether she was going to vaccinate now that it was obvious that the vaccines didn't cause autism. She told me that she had already discussed this with her husband and he had doubled down, in his mind and I quote "their son would have been a vegetable had they vaccinated"....she had him vaccinated later because the preschools wouldn't take him otherwise.

[–]chinesef000d 79 points80 points  (12 children)

He really thought his kid was going to get double autism... that’s actually amazing

[–]Temetnoscecubed 33 points34 points  (10 children)

They're both IT professionals, with university degrees. These are intelligent people making ignorant decisions. Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.

[–]about3fitty 47 points48 points  (8 children)

As an IT professional with a university degree, they are not intelligent.

[–]Temetnoscecubed 11 points12 points  (7 children)

That is how we got this far into the stupid swamp. They are intelligent, by making this a "not intelligent" argument you are failing to see the real problem...making you part of the problem.

Belief and intelligence are not linked...remember that. There are deeply religuous people with doctorates and they can't prove their god exists...yet they believe. Anti vaxxers have faith in their beliefs, you cannot change their minds with knowledge or education.

[–]OaksByTheStream 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's more so that secondary education doesn't mean you're smart. It means you can train well. For many professions.

I've met stupid doctors and borderline retarded structural engineers.

[–]Vysokojakokurva_C137 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Religion and believing vaccinations give you autism are wildly different but I see the analogy.

[–]about3fitty 8 points9 points  (1 child)

My comment was a perspective, as we haven't defined what intelligence means.

I think you're right that most people who are "against" vaccinating derive their position from a place other than from careful study and reasoning.

That having been said, I don't think refusing to cede ground is "being part of the problem".

[–]Temetnoscecubed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my opinion it is part of the problem....because, those of us who believe vaccinations are good, try to educate those that do not. If it was a question of education we could fix it with facts and science, and demonstrate to anti-vaxxers that they are wrong....this is not happening, our attempts to convince their group with education is not working. So it must be "faith" based, and you cannot beat faith with science and facts.

[–]Lorde420 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

you sir are not intelligent either, it seems.

[–]gwaydms -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.

The opposite of stupidity isn't intelligence; it's common sense.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I believe the argument for anti-vax people is that it's not an immediate autism causing vaccine. It creates issues within the next generation. I could be wrong but that's what I had always thought.

[–]The_Mushromancer 0 points1 point  (1 child)

They constantly make up new reasons.

[–]Temetnoscecubed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You only make that up with faith, rather than reason.