Does anyone else find it ironic

[semillama]

That the reasoning behind the primary argument against vaccines these days (Not been tested enough, needs to be completely safe) is reversed when it comes to desperate parents looking for alternative treatments for autism (there's no time to wait years for it to be tested, it's worth the risks)?

I recently saw that argument here and I had to shake my head at the lack of self-awareness on the part of the poster.

[Silent3]

1. Some evil money-making corporation is behind any so-called "research"...

...whereas desperate parents are motivated by pureness of heart, therefore their wild guesses at treatments have to be better than anything Big Pharma has to offer.

Or something like that. :eyes:

[TZ]

2. What do expect from idiots

who think vaccines stay in your body for years...I'm going to slap the shit out of the next person who talks about the "long term effects of a vaccine on the body". What the fuck is the long term effect of having the flu? :banghead:

[semillama]

6. Isn't the long-term effect of vaccines on the body

a resistance to horrible diseases? That's what I thought it was.

[TZ]

7. Exactly. n/t

[Odin2005]

3. They are perfectly OK with potentially killing their autistic kid with Chelation therapy, yet...

...vaccines are the Devil. The stupidity astounds me.

[Orrex]

5. See, you've got it all wrong.

They inflict chelation on their kids because it's a valid medical practice intended to cure a dreaded malady, but vaccines are an evil plot intended to infect our kids with mercury.

So even if chelation winds up killing a few kids, at least the intent was noble.


See how it works?

[mr blur]

4. Like Ms McCarthy and her, "I'm a Mom, I just KNOW"

Well, I'm a Dad but, oddly enough, not a moron.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

8. What *I* find funny is that if you criticize Bill Maher, you get a "He's a comedian! He doesn't

need to take advice on how to do his job from *you*". But if Bill Maher spouts off bullshit on doctors, well, how dare you elitists tell him he's not a doctor!

Also:

People complain that Big Pharma doesn't test their products well enough. OK. I can understand that argument. Until you follow it up by pushing "natural" cures that aren't tested *at all*.

[laconicsax]

9. Yep, though it makes sense.

The best way to treat a disease unambiguously caused by scientific illiteracy is with more scientific illiteracy, is it not?

[HuckleB]

10. There needs to be a term for "beyond ironic."