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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 CBCs Market Place, anti vaccine hysteria isnt 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 arent 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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Anti-vaxxers caught on hidden camera: ‘Measles is a harmless disease, so give your kids sugar pills’ (Original Post)
progressoid
Dec 2014
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I am guessing that no hidden camera was nessecary and the proper term is idiots.
kickysnana
Dec 2014
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AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)1. It's Ok.... Let 'em suffer a little!
Homeopath crap should be illegal anyway.
drm604
(16,230 posts)2. These anti-vaccination people are dangerous.
Archae
(46,807 posts)3. Yes. Including Robert F Kennedy Jr.
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.
But we have been creating and nurturing those since 1980 so it should not be surprising they are around.
LeftishBrit
(41,303 posts)5. Hidden camera? I thought these nutters proudly promoted their views
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/anti-vaccine-message-from-some-naturopaths-raises-concerns-1.2609717
Canada has an organization called Vaccine Risk Awareness Network, which campaigns against vaccinations.
Canada has an organization called Vaccine Risk Awareness Network, which campaigns against vaccinations.