A Public Service Announcement – Against Stupidity in All Its Forms
There’s a teacher at my old school who’s spreading misinformation based on faulty science and fundamentalist nonsense.
No, I’m not talking about Intelligent Design. What’s interesting is that this particular teacher would probably frown on such mindless stupidity. Yet she’s just as bad.
She is telling students about the dangers of vaccinating babies and toddlers.
“If you ever have children,” she tells her students, “don’t get them vaccinated. It could cause them to become autistic.”
She then goes on to talk about her own stellar background as a single mom who decided she didn’t want “that” kind of child so she decided not to vaccinate her son. On some level, she should be allowed to raise her children in whatever manner she sees fit. What bothers me is that her little love child is putting my children and your children at risk. Thanks to the Bimbo Philosophy, as its come to be called based on the IQs of those who support it, pockets of resistance are starting to show up all over the country “resulting in a sevenfold increase in measles outbreaks.”
That’s not acceptable.
In addition to that, she is also trying to convince the next generation of single mothers to do the same thing.
Her reasoning is not based on hard science, documented facts, or evidence. It’s based on rumors and fear that reputable scientists the world over have discounted. If it’s not okay to teach creationism in the classroom, it shouldn’t be okay to eschew science and reason for any other subject either.
Whether a teacher is preaching the Gospels of John or Jenny McCarthy, rumor and hearsay have no place in our schools. The public is already illiterate when it comes to scientific thought and the press doesn’t help matters – our teachers should be a cut above. The arguments against vaccinations are not founded. Period.
As a teacher, you should not be promoting them either in lesson plans or casual conversations with our youngest and most vulnerable members of society.
Such educator ignorance is frustrating.
And so far, diet doesn’t help either. You silly, silly girl.
Sweetheart, are you listening? Stick to the things you know – like making more illegitimate children with lazy, fat coaches – and leave the hard learnin’ stuff to those of us who can read books beyond those written by former Playboy models.
Now back to work, b*tches.
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I only read things by CURRENT Playboy models. ‘Course, I was dispointed in the last such book I got at the li-berry: all the pages were already colored in.
Everything I need to know about raising children I learned from Jenny MacCarthy. Namely, it’s someone else’s fault, talent isn’t necessary to get famous and, if anyone stops paying attention, flash your tits at them…er…I mean…use your breast to help shed light of pertinent public issues because there’s absolutely nothing wrong with either enhancing what God saw fit to give you or then showing everyone else what God saw fit to give you the bank to get.
Hehe.
heh…
I’m just going to walk away now…
I am just wondering…if our kids get all vaccines, and this lady’s kid catches some disease, our kids can’t catch it right?
It’s too dangerous to not have your child vaccinated. I am not sure what causes autism. We see a lot of autistic children in the Pediatric dental office where I work. She is the only Pediatric dentist in the area who will see autistic children and treat them. It bothers me that there is so much more of it in the past 20 years, either that, or I never really paid much attention.
what an idiot. Vaccines do NOT cause autism…it has been proven countless times. and the “science” purported by the the originator of this myth was debunked. Some people just can’t wrap their heads around the truth. Vaccines save lives…period!! And in answer to the above question….no vaccine is 100% so this person who doesn’t vaccinate…if their child gets sick then this child will endanger all children. Chances are the vaccinated children will stay healthy but…is it a chance you want to take? Just because deadly diseases are dormant doesn’t mean they don’t exist.
Thanks Dalia, wasn’t sure if it totally protected our children. My son is 18 so he is finished with his vaccines for childhood anyway. I do hope people continue to vaccinate their children. We have had some parents come in to our office and say they don’t believe in vaccines. I look at them and wonder why they wouldn’t want to protect their children.
The word that I haven’t seen in this thread is thimerosal. Thimerosal is 49% mercury and was used as a preservative routinely in vaccinations for children prior to 2001 (supposedly, although there is some anecdotal evidence that some is still finding its way into the US supply chain).
Mercury is a neuro-toxin, so it isn’t unreasonable to be concerned about its effect on developing brains.
I’m not saying it causes anything in particular, but it isn’t unreasonable to be concerned. If it was unreasonable, why have they reduced the usage of it in all vaccines (not just for children)?
That said, all you have to do, if you are worried about thimerosal, is request thimerosal-free vaccines (look at the box and don’t trust the clinician, they might not know).
There is mercury in seafood, too, and I don’t eat as much swordfish and tuna as I would like because of that-and I wouldn’t feed them to a young child ever.
And, dalia, evidence available today tends to discount the theory that vaccines cause autism, but causality is difficult to prove even under the best of circumstances, and with only 1 in 150 kids having autism spectrum disorders, it is even more difficult. We don’t know what causes it and may not ever know.
The advantages of vaccination outweigh the risks. That doesn’t mean that there are zero risks with them, though. And the fact that you are concerned about the risks doesn’t mean you are an idiot.
Some people think that vegans are crazy, too.
Mark, I totally agree that we do not know what causes autism but as clinical psychologist I can say with 99% confidence that it is not vaccinations. Prior to 2001 when thimerosal was present in most vaccinations we had a lower rate of autism than we have today. True we have more sensitive screening methods today than yesterday but how interesting that there is less thimerosal and more autism. I think we need to do more research into the toxins that pollute our air water and food. I agree that there are risks and concerns about them and that doesn’t mean you are an idiot but the media frenzy about vaccinations and the popular panic that ensued and resulted with parents not vaccinating their children is abusive. Unfortunately most of these people who jump on the bandwagon without researching the entire issue are not the smartest ones in the group.
My “idiot” comment referred specifically to Kate’s example and yes…anyone who promotes blanket statement like:“If you ever have children,” she tells her students, “don’t get them vaccinated. It could cause them to become autistic.” is an idiot in my book.
HFCS has now been shown to contain mercury…how come HFCS isn’t aggressively rejected (personally I would be thrilled if it were)
Tam, I agree with you, lets not vaccinate the kids, why not through the car seats out the windows too….ridiculous in my book.