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progressoid

(50,747 posts)
Sat Dec 6, 2014, 09:19 PM Dec 2014

Anti-vaxxers caught on hidden camera: ‘Measles is a harmless disease, so give your kids sugar pills’

-- Cross posted in Health --


In a recent report from CBC’s Market Place, anti vaccine hysteria isn’t just a phenomenon in the affluent neighborhoods of Southern California and the East Coast, its termites have also spread to North America, namely Canada, eh.

Using hidden cameras, undercover reporters visited several Canadian homeopathic practitioners who reassured parents that measles and other highly contagious diseases are really no biggie, and aren’t worth the risks (all debunked, but who cares?) that vaccines pose.

Estimates suggest that up to 40% of Canadian 7-year-olds are not up to date on their vaccines.

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In the report, one homeopath said that vaccines are risky because “Babies are getting too much stimulation of their immature immune systems,” while another explained that measles “is really not a dangerous disease,” and yet another adding that if a child is over 1 year-old, “then [measles] is actually a fairly harmless disease.”


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...http://deadstate.org/anti-vaxxers-caught-on-hidden-camera-measles-is-a-harmless-disease-so-give-your-kids-sugar-pills/


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Anti-vaxxers caught on hidden camera: ‘Measles is a harmless disease, so give your kids sugar pills’ (Original Post) progressoid Dec 2014 OP
It's Ok.... Let 'em suffer a little! AlbertCat Dec 2014 #1
These anti-vaccination people are dangerous. drm604 Dec 2014 #2
Yes. Including Robert F Kennedy Jr. Archae Dec 2014 #3
I am guessing that no hidden camera was nessecary and the proper term is idiots. kickysnana Dec 2014 #4
Hidden camera? I thought these nutters proudly promoted their views LeftishBrit Dec 2014 #5

Archae

(46,807 posts)
3. Yes. Including Robert F Kennedy Jr.
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 12:15 AM
Dec 2014

He may have some good liberal credentials, but his anti-vaxx stands make him an asshole.

kickysnana

(3,908 posts)
4. I am guessing that no hidden camera was nessecary and the proper term is idiots.
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 06:25 AM
Dec 2014

But we have been creating and nurturing those since 1980 so it should not be surprising they are around.

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