Anti-Vaxx? Anti-GMO? Or just simply Anti-science?

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While having been one of the visible opponents for vaccinations, the View’s  host Jenny McCarthy made a bit of a startling turn this week in a Chicago Sun-Times column.

I am not “anti-vaccine.” This is not a change in my stance nor is it a new position that I have recently adopted. For years, I have repeatedly stated that I am, in fact, “pro-vaccine” and for years I have been wrongly branded as “anti-vaccine.”

I believe in the importance of a vaccine program and I believe parents have the right to choose one poke per visit. I’ve never told anyone to not vaccinate.

But, as the Atlantic says, nobody wins in an argument with her after citing just one of her many, and dangerous, opinions about vaccines in 2009.

“It’s going to take some diseases coming back to realize that we need to change and develop vaccines that are safe. If the vaccine companies are not listening to us, it’s their fucking fault that the diseases are coming back. They’re making a product that’s shit. If you give us a safe vaccine, we’ll use it. It shouldn’t be polio versus autism.”

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6 thoughts on “Anti-Vaxx? Anti-GMO? Or just simply Anti-science?”

  1. Tell that to people living in roundup infested areas of my country, where cancer rates have sky-rocketed in the last years.

    http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27373134

    Lots of scientific studies about that as well.

    It is sad that some people trust more TV hosts than science or government. But it is also sad that some other people don’t realize that there is a lot of science out there, and it is media and corporations who decide which results reach the masses.

    In this issue, like in many others, science is still a provider of information, but it is still up to every citizen to reach out for good sources, analyze and reach some conclusions looking at the big picture.

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