jenny mccarthy wants your kid to get measles: autism, vaccines, and stupid idiots

With Zika folklore and science swirling around, Backstory's resident professional historians, guesting public health pros, and callers discuss old school antivax (re smallpopx), also "bodily integrity" antivaxxers in 50s-60s (re polio etc.), and how these relate to current trends, posted on soundcloud via this link:
http://backstoryradio.org/shows/contagion2016/

"smallpopx"? jeez, what a cereal killer---smallpox! The deadliest contagion ever, claims one guest.

Also, new Fresh Air extended interview with author of Pandemic: Tracking Contagions From Cholera to Ebola and Beyond:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/22/467637849/pandemic-asks-is-a-disease-that-will-kill-tens-of-millions-coming

been a measles outbreak in the hipster suburb I live in. kids and adults. too many antivax hippies in this area. luckily the bfs kids have all their shots (no thanks to their mother mind you)

https://www.johndenugent.com/images/dees-vaccine-checkpoint.jpg

wait what's with the ZION badges

I mean at this point seeing the star of david incorporated into every fucked up piece of internet fringe art should not surprise me but

obv part of the jewish-controlled medical establishment conspiracy

syringes of the elders

dee deez believes everything. i think he's legit crazy.
http://i.imgur.com/ebNEQA2.jpg

facehugger munchin' lady liberty as members of the illuminati cackle from a heli: tell me bros is it n0ize????

aha

Implausible. Why would they need to go into his house when they could just use government satellite directed energy weapons to control his brain and make him stack his own ugly shoes?

https://deanoinamerica.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-mashed-potatoes.jpg

ACTUAL PHOTO

People magazine ran an article about Cavallari’s latest attempt to harm her children in a section of the website called “Great Ideas”

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/03/26/science/26VACCINE/26VACCINE-master675.jpg

Robert De Niro Defends Screening of Anti-Vaccine Film at Tribeca Festival

It isn't like De Niro even has a reputation to protect but wtf

shut down

http://variety.com/2016/film/markets-festivals/tribeca-film-anti-vaccination-1201739937/

“My intent in screening this film was to provide an opportunity for conversation around an issue that is deeply personal to me and my family,” De Niro said in a statement. “But after reviewing it over the past few days with the Tribeca Film Festival team and others from the scientific community, we do not believe it contributes to or furthers the discussion I had hoped for.”

How someone with a son of 18 years with a diagnosis of autism, only just realises that Andrew Wakefield is a fucking idiotic lunatic is staggering to me and I don't buy any of that fucking bullshit.

"i thought ppl wd be cool with this bullshit movie bc hollywood has a lot of scientifically illiterate shitheads but i guess ppl werent rly cool with it so fuck it bye de niro out."

Out of a sense of perverse curiosity, I... I read the comments. ;_;

^^^ it's like that on absolutely every story involving vaccines. incredibly, uniquely depressing

"There is a link and they say there isn't. The obvious one is thimerosal which is a mercury based preservative. I am not a scientist. But I know. Let's just find out the truth," De Niro said.

Insane sentence of the week.

rdn: less than just a paycheck actor

"I am not a scientist. But..." prefaces terrible nonsense by idiots 100% of the time

or possibly also insane clown posse lyrics

Shut Up and Scowl

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/gfsAAOSwX~dWoF~F/s-l1600.jpg

Isnt that DeNiro quote from before he corrected his stance having done the decent thing and gone and found out the facts?

haha amazing xp

the "obvious one" isn't even in vaccines anymore

Researchers have been unable to find evidence thimerosal in vaccines can damage human brains, but drugmakers took it out of all childhood vaccines anyway years ago because of the fears.

Isnt that DeNiro quote from before he corrected his stance having done the decent thing and gone and found out the facts?
--Interesting. No, wait, the other thing: tedious. (Trayce)

It's from Today show..... today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWI2qZC_KUY

Oh ok fair enough. Thought he'd been reneducated but apparently not. Has anyone pointed out to the bozo that thimerosol was removed from vaccines years ago?

"De Niro said Wednesday he now regrets pulling a controversial film called "Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Conspiracy" from the Tribeca film Festival."

Oh FFS.

Six cases of measles confirmed in Tennessee outbreak. Measles was eradicated in the U.S. in 2000.

We had a whooping cough outbreak at one of the private Catholic schools by here a few weeks back, maybe 16 kids, not necessarily due to skipped vaccinations but because those vaccines can and do often wear off. And then when some asshole who *did* skip the vaccine brings whooping cough to school, it's not just old people and babies who might be at risk, but otherwise healthy and vaccinated teens who, little do they know, are no longer immune.

This raises a point - do we push re-vaccinating like we do childhood ones? I have to tell you apart from rubella and tetanus I dont think Ive had a single re-done shot after the age of about 14.

Careful, I've heard that re-vaccinating can lead to brain damage in adults, leading victims to believe in things like vaccination conspiracies.

http://i.imgur.com/KQHJeRF.png

^ imagine TV Party but with Measles Party instead

Some parents are all for it. Let us know what you think.

*quietly thinks "smallpox party next?"*

rager

http://www.historytoday.com/sites/default/files/blackdeath.jpg

We did that a lot when I was a kid. Is it uncommon?

I was vaccinated against measles as a kid.

I was aware of chickenpox gatherings as a kid, but my parents didn't believe in that. Made it to 14 years of age without getting it, which was when the vaccine became widely available in the US. Got vaccinated. boom!

why the fuck anyone would give anyone measles on purpose in an age where it's extremely uncommon is beyond me, that sounds criminal

I only heard about chickenpox parties recently from other grown-ups recounting their childhood. "Oh remember when our moms got everybody together to catch chicken pox and just get it over with?" Fuck no. I caught it at school.

There was a South Park episode about chicken pox parties that aired 18 (!) years ago.

Chickenpox begins to spread throughout South Park, and infects Stan's sister Shelley and Kenny. The other boys' mothers begin to think that maybe the other boys should be exposed to it too, so as to get it while they are young and it is easier to deal with. They agree and have the other boys stay over at Kenny's house. The boys are less than enthusiastic about spending the night over at Kenny's because he is so poor, comparing his home to a third-world country when they discover rats, a black-and-white television, and a ColecoVision game system; even the dinner served there is a meager waffle per person with no side dishes. The next day, Cartman and Stan get sick, but not Kyle. Stan's chickenpox gets so bad he has to be brought to the hospital with Shelley. Mrs. Broflovski tries sending Kyle over to Kenny's house again, much to Kyle's protests; she even invents a game for Kyle and Kenny to play called "Ooky Mouth", which involves Kenny spitting in Kyle's mouth while Kyle tries to say "Ooky Mouth".

The kids get their revenge by getting a prostitute with herpes to lick their parents' toothbrushes and other personal care items.