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Which is why I’d say most do political talk/answer and most pander. At the presidential level, I would go as far as saying all.[/quote]
This is one of the reasons vaccination conspiracy theories exist. Our government has lost the trust of the citizens and it’s credibility by being caught in telling so many lies. Even if you’re completely enamored with your political party and believe their lies, you still think the other party lies about everything.[/quote]
THIS.
this isnt about vaccinations. vaccinations are justa proxy for a deeper groundswell of mistrust.
yeah its nuts, but people r nuts … this is not about science or vaccinatons even. this is about soem deeper feeling that people feel they have lost control of their lives.
also, since everyone is a special snowflake in this world nowadays, it gives parents a way to “differentiate” themselves…I don’t know. i think its not a rational thing at this point. its past that. you might as well argue witch science in salem in the 1600s.[/quote]
Yes, the government has lied about so much that many people now choose to disbelieve just about any official talking points. And there is good reason to distrust the government. They have used the mentally ill, prisoners, military personnel, public employees, sick patients (especially those who had no family or other people to advocate for them), etc. in a variety of medical experiments over the years. And our entire, for-profit healthcare system is set up in a way that encourages long-term chronic illnesses that need ongoing treatment with very expensive technologies and medicines.
What’s idiotic is assuming that the government and/or those who profit from a particular theory would be honest about their motives and what they are doing.
We have chosen to vaccinate our children, but we paid extra to buy the MMR vaccines in their individual components. We did this because we had met two families who are 100% convinced that vaccines had caused their childrens’ autism. There is no way someone could listen to their descriptions of what had happened to their children immediately after getting a vaccination and discount it as being “crazy” or “idiotic.” One family was very wealthy, so they could afford the therapist who worked with their child for multiple hours, every single day. Another family was well off enough and had a dedicated mother who had her two kids sleeping in an oxygen chamber every night, in addition to being on a very expensive, complex diet consisting mostly of organic produce (lots of juicing, herbal concoctions, etc.).
If you had talked to these two families, you would probably have a totally different opinion about these “idiots.”
Remember that those who are ahead of science tend to be ridiculed by the current scientific establishment. It doesn’t help anyone’s cause to call those who have a different opinion “idiots” or “conspiracy theorists.” Anecdote almost always precedes science. Those “idiots” just might be right.
