To Teri(nojabs4us) Re: Hi from new member

[Guest guest]

Hi Teri,

Thanks for the welcome.

I think maybe I can clear up your question. In response to my comment about

my husband thinking antivaccine activists are a small and misguided minority,

You wrote:

<<My one question when people say this is 'why'? Why would so many people (I

can't believe how many I come across) speak out against vaccines? What could

we POSSIBLY have to gain by giving people facts about the dangers of

vaccines? Really, think about it. There is nothing to gain by people just

warning of the dangers! It's a rather ignorant statement (nothing against

your dh...many people say the same thing!)>>

This is what I think. The world abounds with " issues " and there are always

people on each side of an issue who are absolutely certain that they are

" right " and therefore everyone else must be WRONG. But to believe that just

because you are sincere and have no apparent motive to spread misinformation,

that makes you instantly credible, and if someone disagrees with you, that

makes them ignorant, is a little naive. This is not a black and white issue.

Otherwise there would be no debate. My husband is a brilliant man (of

course I think so, I'm in love with him. LOL) and I think his major sticking

point on this issue is this:

In order to believe that vaccines are really harmful and dangerous for

children and that the world would be better off without them, you have to

believe that either A) The scientists and doctors who develop and administer

vaccines to children are stupid and/or completely misinformed about the

subject, or the doctors and scientists who are pushing vaccines are evil

and know that vaccines kill and maim innocent children but, through some vast

government conspiracy, are pursuing the money and fame behind vaccines and

vaccine research inspite of the damage done.

Since most reasonable adults shy away from conspiracy theories and we all

know that doctors and scientists are often also parents who love their

children as much as you or I do, then we can't very well subscribe to the

" their evil " theory. So then we're left with the " their stupid/misinformed

theory " . But wait! Aren't these people who have gone through some 8 years

of grueling medical school and then residency, etc. . . . Stupid? I don't

think so. So what's left?

And that's why people don't just roll over and go " Oh, okay, you're right " ,

just because you're sincere and you have nothing to gain by warning people of

the danger you perceive. I live in LA and I once met a very sincere

gentleman on a street corner, wearing a tinfoil hat, who was warning anyone

and everyone who would listen, at the top of his lungs, that we are

surrounded by aliens and that if you don't protect your mind from the alian

brainwaves with some sort of protective metal barrier then they will take

control of your brain. He didn't have anything to gain from warning people

about this, but I didn't go home and make a tin foil hat. LOL.

Well, sorry for the long-winded answer. You'll hopefully be happy to know

that I am making some progress with my husband. He was interested in the

SV40 information and also in the information about the carcinogenic/mutogenic

additives in the vaccines. I also showed him some graphs that showed that

the numbers of cases of most diseases were already in decline before the

vaccines became available and he was impressed, albeit a little skeptical

about that data. I know that eventually our mutual love and adoration for

our daughter will lead us to an agreement about what is best for her. He

almost always comes around to my way of thinking. :-) Like I said though,

it's just the above mentioned question that we keep coming to an impass

about. If anyone can come up with a really convincing explanation for why

doctors and researchers continue to recommend potentially lethal vaccinations

then I'd love to hear it so I can pass it along to my husband.

sincerely,

Callie