Fun:Anti-vaccine argument bingo
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Since the antivaxxers tend to use such predictable arguments, this should make arguments with them go a lot smoother. Just mark their canards off as they come up.
| Autism is a misdiagnosis! | Jenny McCarthy does too know what she's talking about! | Why do you hate my child(ren)? | Hannah Poling. | Boyd Haley/Russell Blaylock/Gary Null/Laura Hewitson/Robert Kennedy, Jr. cited. |
| Remember pink disease? | But they have aborted fetuses in them! | The government obviously removed thimerosal because it really was dangerous! | "No study of the unvaccinated." | We're not anti-vaxxers, we're just "pro-safe-vaccine" (or "pro-informed consent")! |
| "You didn't trust Big Tobacco's studies 50 years ago, so why should you trust Big Pharma's now?" | Oh yeah? Well, Poul Thorsen stole money from the CDC! | FREE SPACE | Andrew Wakefield's "non-fraudulent" 12-child study. | Herd immunity is totally bogus, the government just made it up to force people to comply with their evil plan. |
| Chelation therapy is safe and effective. | Formaldehyde/Aluminum/Mercury/Polysorbate-80/other "toxins" | Where are all the Amish autistics? | Luc Montagnier is on our side, and he has a Nobel Prize!!! | "Too many, too soon." |
| Lupron therapy/Testosterone "sheets". | The government can't tell us what to do, this is all about personal choice. | "No study of all the vaccines in the schedule." | Miracle Mineral Solution works, and also is not bleach. | Promoting mandatory vaccination is a religion! |
[edit] Bonus Points
- "Vaccines didn't save us, sanitation and nutrition did!"
- That's not what the VAERS says!
- They admitted we were right in the package inserts.
- It came from a monkey though, didn't it?
- Natural immunity (for instance, from breast milk) is, like, way better anyway.
- Shaken baby syndrome is also a misdiagnosis.
- Accusations of "vaccine safety advocates" receiving anti-vax lawyer funding are conspiratorial smears. Besides, everyone knows researchers are fudging their results for grants from vaccine companies.
- Flu shots don't work.
- "There are no genetic epidemics!" I would later find it being used here, almost word for word, by Mike Adams.
- "Dr. Proffit."
- Bill Gates is using them for population control in Africa.
- AIDS came from the Hepatitis B vaccine.
- There's still thimerosal in some flu vaccines, and the babies get it from their mom's while she's pregnant.
- "250x the concentration of mercury the EPA classifies as hazardous waste."
- Science was wrong before about Thalidomide/Vioxx/Blood letting!
- Do the research yourself like I did.
- Your doctor is basically just a pharma sales rep--you can't trust him!
- "They've paid out over $3 billion to vaccine injury victims!"
- Mercury is in Vaccines!
- My Child(ren), My Choice!
- Cites Bill Gate's Ted Talks video outof context. Watch the whole goddamn video!
- Most recently on Twitter: #CDCWhistleblower
Addendum: It looks like someone else independently came up with the same idea. So did these guys.