POV: Health Misinformation Is Rampant on Social Media::Monica Wang argues that health misinformation on social media is fueling the global anti-vaccination campaign and offers suggestions for how to combat it.
POV: Health Misinformation Is Rampant on Social Media::Monica Wang argues that health misinformation on social media is fueling the global anti-vaccination campaign and offers suggestions for how to combat it.
May I just say that the dipshits who believe this stuff are really not worth saving?!?!?!
I get where you’re coming from. But not everyone who falls for this stuff is “stupid”. Some are just vulnerable - maybe just temporarily - and once you’re in, it’s an awful slippery slope.
I don’t know how many are just vulnerable and how many are good Darwin award nominees.
@technology @Tristaniopsis
You know who is worth saving? People who are unable to get vaccinated. They are extremely vulnerable to things like mumps, measles, and rubella, for instance because many of them are immunocompromised.
Yes that fine. I’m not talking about the immunocompromised, and it’s pretty clear that I’m not.
It’s the conspiracy-eating idiots that my broad brush is painting.
The trouble is that those same conspiracy eaters aren’t the only ones at risk from the conspiracy. Immunocompromised people are out at risk when the percentage of people going unvaccinated increases. They are worth saving, and the mechanism of saving them is saving the conspiracy eaters.
Sonething something “lock ‘em up / build a wall”?
What do you mean? Worth to whom?
Also, these people aren’t just harming themselves; they’re harming everyone around them. A vaccine isn’t like a seat belt. It doesn’t just protect you. It also protects the people around you. Additionally, by having a weaker immune system, these people are making their bodies breeding grounds for viruses which can mutate into new forms.
Well exactly.
I’m not sure why my comment has gone from being agreed with, to being controversial.
Anti-vaxers can fuck off and die, but preferably somewhere else, so as not to compromise anyone else’s safety.
I feel sorry for their kids and others that they hold hostage to their stupid views.