Arthur Allen
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causing kids to be autistic, causing, you know, rock and roll, causing, you know, headbanging, causing, you know, crime. I mean, the pertussis vaccine was blamed for, like, everything. I mean, the anti-vaccine movement really kind of had a moment of incredible growth during all of that.
And then in the 90s, the sort of mainstay of the anti-vaccine movement, you know, really was created during the whole controversy over Autism, because autism has increased over the past three, four, five decades, and no one is that sure what the cause is. And people were pointing fingers at vaccines.
And then in the 90s, the sort of mainstay of the anti-vaccine movement, you know, really was created during the whole controversy over Autism, because autism has increased over the past three, four, five decades, and no one is that sure what the cause is. And people were pointing fingers at vaccines.
And then in the 90s, the sort of mainstay of the anti-vaccine movement, you know, really was created during the whole controversy over Autism, because autism has increased over the past three, four, five decades, and no one is that sure what the cause is. And people were pointing fingers at vaccines.
And a paper was published to that effect in 1998 and then refuted repeatedly, but it continues to live on that idea.
And a paper was published to that effect in 1998 and then refuted repeatedly, but it continues to live on that idea.
And a paper was published to that effect in 1998 and then refuted repeatedly, but it continues to live on that idea.
I mean, I think they're, you know, as safe as they've ever been. I mean, they're tested through a number of procedures that look for really big danger signals. And then as soon as they go on the market, the CDC has a system for looking for danger signals that I think is probably better than anything they have for drugs. I mean, it's pretty good.
I mean, I think they're, you know, as safe as they've ever been. I mean, they're tested through a number of procedures that look for really big danger signals. And then as soon as they go on the market, the CDC has a system for looking for danger signals that I think is probably better than anything they have for drugs. I mean, it's pretty good.
I mean, I think they're, you know, as safe as they've ever been. I mean, they're tested through a number of procedures that look for really big danger signals. And then as soon as they go on the market, the CDC has a system for looking for danger signals that I think is probably better than anything they have for drugs. I mean, it's pretty good.
It's not like it's a perfect system, but I personally would sort of have confidence that it would find anything safe. fairly obvious or significant.
It's not like it's a perfect system, but I personally would sort of have confidence that it would find anything safe. fairly obvious or significant.
It's not like it's a perfect system, but I personally would sort of have confidence that it would find anything safe. fairly obvious or significant.
I mean, I think there's a lot of money behind them. There's a hard core of people who are skeptical of vaccines and any new technology in particular they're like immediately distrustful of. I mean, you just saw all the crazy stuff that went on, you know, that Bill Gates was putting microchips in the vaccines. So I think there's just an inherent mistrust. And then...
I mean, I think there's a lot of money behind them. There's a hard core of people who are skeptical of vaccines and any new technology in particular they're like immediately distrustful of. I mean, you just saw all the crazy stuff that went on, you know, that Bill Gates was putting microchips in the vaccines. So I think there's just an inherent mistrust. And then...
I mean, I think there's a lot of money behind them. There's a hard core of people who are skeptical of vaccines and any new technology in particular they're like immediately distrustful of. I mean, you just saw all the crazy stuff that went on, you know, that Bill Gates was putting microchips in the vaccines. So I think there's just an inherent mistrust. And then...
The COVID experience, you know, that got so polarized and arguably public health went a little bit overboard in, you know, how long schools were kept closed in some places or, you know, closing beaches that wasn't really necessary. So I think the turn against vaccines became part of the whole, like, mistrust of public the government, which was very polarized.
The COVID experience, you know, that got so polarized and arguably public health went a little bit overboard in, you know, how long schools were kept closed in some places or, you know, closing beaches that wasn't really necessary. So I think the turn against vaccines became part of the whole, like, mistrust of public the government, which was very polarized.
The COVID experience, you know, that got so polarized and arguably public health went a little bit overboard in, you know, how long schools were kept closed in some places or, you know, closing beaches that wasn't really necessary. So I think the turn against vaccines became part of the whole, like, mistrust of public the government, which was very polarized.
I mean, it was like, you know, for a lot of people, Tony Fauci was a hero and it seemed like he was kind of a hero for everybody for a while. And then he became this demon who they want to throw in jail to this day. What's kind of ironic is that, you know, vaccine safety and vaccine skepticism really don't track together. Vaccine skepticism has to do with confidence in the government.