People are much more likely to say that on the internet versus real life. You go to an actual gym or class and you're working and trying to get healthier and most people will give you a high five or a thumbs up.

@guest_ your comments made my day, read each one about a dozen times.

Also, to clarify on your statement about the fact that "disease rates were already dropping before vaccines became common place" Harper, do you know why that is? Because the pool of children infected with the various diseases that vaccines protect against were dying left and right. If 400,000 of 500,000 children die that doesnt mean theres a lower concentration of diseases infecting children, the rate of infection in the pool of infected remains the same, the number of reported infected simply goes down for the next census because 80% of the previous population of reported infected died. There wasnt an 80% reduction in spread, there was a 20% YOY ROS (Year over Year) (Rate of Survival).

Also not sure what you mean by 'capitalistic reasons'. Most readily available vaccines cost pennies on the dollar and the companies behind them usually have a -20% to -80% TCNR after distribution. Vaccinations are physician recommended and rarely marketed by large pharmaceutical companies.

Yeah this isnt propaganda. I have friends who are actual physicians and surgeons, who studied this stuff for years, and who know exactly what's in vaccines. I've also read thousands of pages of RD papers on the actual creation and research behind MMR and most other vaccinations on the world market. I'm not conditioned to think anything, I'm someone who actually understands the science and who has read through the research. Organizations like the NVC exist to provide help and compensation to the rare portions of the population who experience reactions to vaccines, correct. However, in 99.9998% of these cases it's due to allergic reactions gone awry. In the other .00002% of documented cases it's usually due to compromised immune systems due 5o HIV/AIDS. The DPH is the overseeing body that audits imported vaccinations for use in the populace, and they're a governing body of practices physicians and researchers. I believe in your right to your opinion but you seem sorely misinformed.

If you want me to simplify this even more and give you a straight forward comparison--smoking in public places is becoming illegal in many, many, many cities. This has nothing to do with anyone caring if you kill yourself with cigarettes, but people have a right not to have to inhale your second smoke and become sick from your self-destructive decision. When your decisions start hurting other people this becomes more than just an argument for individual rights versus states rights.

Yeah this isnt a left or right, liberal or conservative thing. Everyone pretty universally, strongly agrees with vaccines. If you dont want your children to get them, fine, they're not allowed in the public school system. Also, if they end up contracting one of the aforementioned preventable diseases and becoming very ill, you've accepted the fact that you may be prosecuted for child endangerment. If your child infects another child who for actual medical or genetic reasons cant get vaccinated and that child becomes gravely ill or dies, theres a good chance you're going to get sued and a strong possibility a judge will rule for jail time or some pretty insane fines. You have your rights, that doesnt waive your responsibilities.

You're assuming nothing happened to the guy just because he's caucsion-looking? Easy to make assumptions from a photo I guess but your statement appears more hyperbolic than anything else. If someone did this in pretty much any country, regardless of skin color or perceived religion, they would be stopped and checked.

@mialinay it's a troll account, not sure how it hasn't been permanently banned yet. Check their historic comments, they're literally all either blatantly rude, racist, or antisemetic.

It's a scam bot bud, that's why.

Actually, all seriousness, they still use tampons in emergencies for GSW's.

I've said it once and I'll say it again. If you're someone who thinks autism is really that bad, let alone worse then the myriad of diseases vaccines prevent against, or in this case glowing freaking trees that have a carbon footprint of freaking 0... then you're a shitty human being.

Places like Chicago and Washington have the most strict gun control laws and statistically the most violent crimes in the nation per capita. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with said regulation, just saying @guest_ is correct that it's much more of a complex issue. I'm a lot more likely to be stabbed in the UK than I am in the US. I'm also much more likely to be killed with an IED or grenade in Sweden than anywhere else in the world that isnt an active war zone. Every country has its issues so... people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, you know?

I hear what you're saying @sunflowers but I grew up with a very different culture that celebrates scars, birth mark's, burns, etc... it just means you've lived and survived--people in Texas maybe think about things a little differently. I was also raised with the understanding that people arent just what they look like, but how they act towards others.

I mean, the vast majority of small businesses couldn't. I get what you're saying @unicycle but the average BBQ Parts & Accessory store down the street would bankrupt themselves if they did that.

3 types of people on the internet represented above.

Not sure why I'm being downvoted for stating a fact. I never said I agreed with it.