There’s a whole bunch of flat-earthers who insist despite all scientific evidence – both epidemiological and clinical – to the contrary that MMR causes autism. Jenny McCarthy for example.
In the UK this belief started 10 years ago thanks to the pomposity of Andrew Wakefield’s grandstanding and utterly fact-free press conferences insinuating a link between MMR and autism. Being of a generous nature, Wakefield decided to share his wisdom with America – this means that the Americans can look forward to sharing in the good tidings:
Fears that up to 100,000 children in England could be infected with measles in a major epidemic were raised today after government figures showed a sharp rise in cases of the disease. The number of measles cases in England and Wales so far this year has exceeded 1,000 for the first time since 1995, according to the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
But so what right? Measles is nothing!
One in 2,500-5,000: Death
One in 10: Hospital treatment
One in 1,000: Meningitis
So, no. Measles isn’t ‘nothing’ its a disease that 10% of the time hospitalises people at the very least.
Lets be absolutely clear what the MMR /autism flat-earthers are doing here. By living in denial about the science that has clearly established no link between the measles component of MMR and recommending ‘spacing out’ vaccine schedules, or not having the measles component at all and going with an ‘alternative’ vaccine schedule these idiots are directly placing your child and you in the firing line of what is a fatal disease.
If your child has not been vaccinated with MMR, please – please – take them now. Don’t let the flat-earthers get away with it.
If you’re an MMR /autism idiot please take yourself and your brood off to an island somewhere where nobody else lives and where the rest of us don’t have to share the consequences of your idiocy.
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There’s a whole bunch of flat-earthers who insist despite all scientific evidence – both epidemiological and clinical – to the contrary that MMR causes autism. Jenny McCarthy for example.
In the UK this belief started 10 years ago thanks to the pomposity of Andrew Wakefield’s grandstanding and utterly fact-free press conferences insinuating a link between MMR and autism. Being of a generous nature, Wakefield decided to share his wisdom with America – this means that the Americans can look forward to sharing in the good tidings:
But so what right? Measles is nothing!
So, no. Measles isn’t ‘nothing’ its a disease that 10% of the time hospitalises people at the very least.
Lets be absolutely clear what the MMR /autism flat-earthers are doing here. By living in denial about the science that has clearly established no link between the measles component of MMR and recommending ‘spacing out’ vaccine schedules, or not having the measles component at all and going with an ‘alternative’ vaccine schedule these idiots are directly placing your child and you in the firing line of what is a fatal disease.
If your child has not been vaccinated with MMR, please – please – take them now. Don’t let the flat-earthers get away with it.
If you’re an MMR /autism idiot please take yourself and your brood off to an island somewhere where nobody else lives and where the rest of us don’t have to share the consequences of your idiocy.