The Biggest Threat to our Civilisation

in #life7 years ago

English physicist Professor Brian Cox, who is in New Zealand for a science show, told NZ Herald Focus that anti-vaxxers, climate change sceptics and other groups which discredited science were the biggest danger to civilisation.

"When people ask me what are the great threats to civilisation, it's true that very unlikely things like asteroid impacts, there are those threats out there in the universe, but really I think the biggest threat to our civilisation at the moment is the disconnect in democratic societies between facts or data and the understanding of our electorates."

I wholeheartedly agree with the serious danger of disconnect between those who truly understand what is going on politically, scientifically and technologically and the masses who accept information without question. But as much as I respect Brian Cox I have to disagree with his views on human vaccination.
This exemplifies the case in point, and is an extremely important matter. When searching for articles listing the reasons not to vaccinate I was alarmed to find any such data extremely hard to find. I could easily find any many sites that claimed to list such, but would then list why all the reasons for vaccination were completely bogus... but is that really the case? While I believe some vaccines are truly safe and useful, there have been many that have been clearly proven to have extremely serious side effects.

Parents who choose not to vaccinate their children and protect them with vaccine exemption forms are often chastised and stereotyped for putting their own kids at risk. But what is even stranger than this assault on individual freedom and informed choice, is that these concerned parents are attacked for putting vaccinated children at risk.

I would urge you all to read the article by Shane Ellison - Parents Should Question Vaccine Safety and Effectiveness by Using Vaccine Exemption. This article lists the vaccines and reasons they should not be used. Shane Ellison hold a master’s degree in organic chemistry is not alone in his views by any means. Many highly respected doctors and scientists in closely related fields have broken from the pack to share their concerns. We all know academia can be controlled or bought off by large industrial or political concerns, so we must not take any information they give at face value and always fully research these matters ourselves. And when necessary educate ourselves enough that we can truly understand the answers.

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Great Article...i think the problem in our society is that we As educated youths don't want to bring change ...we are still trapped in so called old political game based on dynasty

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