{"id":7894,"date":"2010-02-06T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/a-commenter-nails-the-antivax-mindset-bad-astronomy\/"},"modified":"2010-02-06T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T15:00:10","slug":"a-commenter-nails-the-antivax-mindset-bad-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/a-commenter-nails-the-antivax-mindset-bad-astronomy.php","title":{"rendered":"A commenter nails the antivax mindset | Bad Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t usually do this, but TechyDad<\/a> left such a great comment<\/a> on my post about the antics of antivax founder Andrew Wakefield, I have to reproduce it here for all to see. <\/p>

Talking about the inherent contradictions and cherry-picking that go on in the alt-med purveyors’ heads, TechyDad says:<\/p>

Gotta love the disconnect. If pharmaceutical companies make any money off of vaccines, it’s \"Big Pharma’s injecting us with chemicals to make money!!!\"<\/em><\/p>

Now if a homeopath or an \"alternative therapy\" company makes money off of their \"treatment\" it’s “They’re such wonderful people helping to treat these awful conditions!”<\/p>

If a single batch of a single vaccine is recalled for a tiny problem they shout \"See!!??? Big Pharma’s trying to pump us full of unsafe toxins!!!!\"<\/p>

If a company comes out with an outrageous sounding \"alternative therapy\" for some disease, they say \"They say it works right here. It’s alternative and alternative is always good.\"<\/p>

If a homeopath says Treatment X doesn’t work they say \"It must not work because he’s a homeopath and thus is fighting against the Medical Establishment.\"<\/p>

If a physician says Treatment Y doesn’t work they say \"It must work and the Medical Establishment is suppressing it.\"<\/p>

In other words, they’re right, science is wrong and all evidence will be cherry picked and skewed until their view is supported.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Nailed it in one.<\/p>

Reproduced here with permission from TechyDad.<\/em><\/p>

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