The internet has made information more readily available

Feb 18, 2019
9:50:49am

mobius All-American

It’s also emboldened almost all of us in some way to think we are experts in a wide variety of subjects that, of course, we simply aren’t.

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I understand the attack against anti-vaxers, but why all the hate against those

CougarAndMerlin

2/18/19 9:27am

Based on what? Why do you think your scheduling is better than all the research out there?

Baron

2/18/19 9:29am

If a child had a reaction to a shot, how do they know which one caused it?

CougarAndMerlin

2/18/19 9:30am

Ask the doctors who made the schedule or a mommy blogger. Your choice

Baron

2/18/19 9:31am

That's not an answer. How do they know?

SandYFan

2/18/19 9:33am

Why would I know. I’m neither of the above.

Baron

2/18/19 9:35am

I'm frequently asked to see kids who have reactions to vaccines. Most of them have either a rash

SaturdaySpecialDay

2/18/19 9:43am

So the answer is "We can't tell and we don't care." I see.

SandYFan

2/18/19 9:44am

I wouldn't say it that way

SaturdaySpecialDay

2/18/19 9:44am

"We can't tell and we don't care because the effects are never that bad."

SandYFan

2/18/19 9:46am

People report all kinds of symptoms with medical interventions.

SaturdaySpecialDay

2/18/19 9:47am

Not saying biological reactions don't happen, only that most reactions are not dangerous and some just need reassurance

SaturdaySpecialDay

2/18/19 9:48am

Right, that's what I understood from your post.

SandYFan

2/18/19 9:49am

I should qualify the above by saying ADVERSE reactions. By definition a vaccine elicits an immunologic response

SaturdaySpecialDay

2/18/19 9:55am

Boarding the anti vax train now?

Deleted

2/18/19 9:52am

Nope.

SandYFan

2/18/19 10:00am

Lol. So you take side with Josh Powell and anti-vaxxer. What other bad takes do you adopt as your own?

SJS

2/18/19 11:05am

Intended response for COugarMerlin

SaturdaySpecialDay

2/18/19 9:44am

Double blind, statistically designed experiments with relevant minimal sample

Wolvercougs

2/18/19 10:04am

Your post, while arrogant, didn't answer the question. Saturday's did.

SandYFan

2/18/19 10:09am

Sorry to offend your sensibilities, but that is how they know

Wolvercougs

2/18/19 10:15am

And Saturday’s response is consistent

Wolvercougs

2/18/19 10:18am

Watch this video from the University of Arizona on certainty in medicine:

Wolvercougs

2/18/19 10:12am

I hope you watch, but one practice to improve certainty of outcomes and

Wolvercougs

2/18/19 11:08am

People think they are smarter than highly educated/trained professionals. You se

Mayor of Cougartown

2/18/19 9:31am

The internet has made information more readily available

mobius

2/18/19 9:50am

Because drs made the schedule not those who read stuff online. Maybe it could be tweaked but thats for medical pros to

monkeycowboy

2/18/19 9:30am

Because it is based on supposition and anecdotal evidence, not science

Deleted

2/18/19 9:30am

Because there’s no statistical evidence that spacing them out is better

KingDave

2/18/19 9:34am

I chose not to engage in the conversation because I know nothing about it, I

franklyvulgar

2/18/19 9:35am

(1) It's dangerous. (2) It lends credence to anti-vaxxers' other falsehoods

spinner

2/18/19 9:40am

I think the major argument against spacing out vaccines is...

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