What if I wrote about a personal loss by a horrific plane crash? About suffering burns and pain as a result of getting on a plane? Would you be then be turned off planes?
Some people are swayed by random social media posts, usually without knowing the facts. If you believed a post, like this one, warning you of plane travel...would you then trust a pilot that told you otherwise? Or would you stick with your original emotional feelings from various random articles or posts? Would you argue with a pilot and tell what you know (from facebook and the internet)? What if you decided to do your own "research" and found article after article on plane crashes?
The truth is there is 4000 million people that fly each year, and can be 1-2 million people up in the sky at any one time. Knowing those numbers, gives you a clearer view, and allows to KNOW that statistically flying is actually very safe.
The same with vaccines. Social media posts, especially facebook can be hoaxes (clickbait), or mis-information. If you have doubts...ASK YOUR DOCTOR. They know the statistics, the scientific evidence, and they are not swayed by one persons emotional and presuasive but albeit, inaccurate story of how a vaccine is to blame for any medical condition.
You could do your research and learn about vaccines from a medical and science position, instead of relying on random posts from strangers or cherry-picking random web articles that support your fears. For example:
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs378/en/
https://ourworldindata.org/vaccination/
But, you don't need to research it, as we have doctors and scientists that DEDICATE their lives to the science. Musicians love music, artists love art and scientists love science. No scientist goes into science for money. Scientists come from all countries, of all religions, all political persuasions, and virtually all agree vaccines are safe!!! The very few that don't almost always have qualifications in alternative medicine and are seemingly pushing that agenda.
While some drugs and medicines can be pulled from the shelves it's the SCIENCE that finds these issues, its the science that corrects the mistakes if they exist.
The FACT is an estimated 15 million children DIE every year from NOT having vaccines available. In those countries, those poor families would cherish the ability to have a life-saving vaccine for their children.
The FACT is vaccines are safe, and we KNOW absolutely that they protect people. The anti-science, anti-vax fad that is going around right now is rife among social media is unhelpful.
The statistics and facts are very very clear. Don't be close-minded to the facts and fall into the trap of trusting emotional posts telling you vaccines are dangerous, it's a fad like the anti-gluten fad. Humans have eaten bread for thousands of years and now everyone wants to get away from gluten when the evidence shows only a very small number of people are specifically affected, and they know who they are, like those allergic to nuts know who they are.
Thank you for reading!
Vernon Muir B.Sc.
Director
DNA SOLUTIONS Pty. Ltd.
ISO 17025 Accredited Genetic Testing
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
- Albert Einstein
That sums it up for me. Vaccines are safe, just the conspiracy theorists won't allow it be. In my country, polio is yet to be eradicated because some group believes polio vaccine will somehow harm them. It's crazy but true.