a reply to:
ignorant_ape
I am not anti-vax (which is an emotionally loaded term), but I am pro-information.
I support the concept of vaccines in general (for slow or barely mutating afflictions) however my stance in the current information climate on
vaccines is simple; a) my health is more important to me than your profit, and b) I want to read the independent studies myself.
Having vaccines linked to profit creates a fundamental conflict of interest, as far as I'm concerned.
If vaccines are of such global health importance, then make vaccines non-profit and freely available to everyone (because apparently every single
person needs them). Also make research in the area transparent, and have regular, publicly available independent reviews.
Too often there are no independent reviews into vaccines, yet If I refuse or push back, I am labeled an anti-vaxxer, when in reality, I push back
because there is no independent review, or access to the data behind the vaccine.
If they intend to put it into my body, it is unacceptable to me that I'm not allowed to know everything about it, and I will not be cowed (which is
the social peer pressure aspect, that you are propagating... rather than rational discussion) into taking something that someone else is making profit
from, that is a potential risk to me, yet not be required to tell me everything about it.
I fundamentally refuse mandatory vaccines as a personal right to not have someone else put something in my body. For some people, even the gamble of 1
in a million is too much of a risk, when it's with their life... and who are you to take that "right" of personal sovereignty away from them?!?
I agree with the concept of vaccines, so use a carrot to convince me, not a stick... once you start hiding things, or trying to use emotional
arguments (what about the children?!?!... bollocks), alarm bells start going off for me.
If a given vaccine is true, there should be facts, data and simple, non-emotional arguments to support the voluntary uptake by society.
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14-5-2020 by puzzlesphere because: (no reason given)