Vaccines

Were you aware that the word allergy didn't exist before vaccines?  Or the term anaphylactic shock?  These words were invented to describe reactions people had against vaccines.  Yes, before vaccines people didn't have allergies.  They still probably got sneezy in the spring, but called it Hay fever.  The point I am trying to make here is that doctors were aware that vaccination caused adverse reactions in people.

However, these days vaccines are totally safe and effective.  At least, that is the view held by the majority of people and if you disagree you get lumped in with flat-earthers and are generally viewed as anti-science.  Even though there is the huge peanut allergy epidemic (peanut oil is used in vaccines), a rise in autism (aluminum is a neurotoxin too you know), and you know, research of other countries (Japan, Italy) that shows over-vaccination is a thing to avoid.  But I digress.

Vaccines being unsafe is a Monster of Thought.  We can see this playing out already.  People are whispering to others about the possible safety risks...and now measles is back because enough people completely stopped vaccinating.  Great.  This is exactly what medical professionals didn't want to happen when Wakefield was discredited and shunned.  But you see, they overreacted.

Take Japan.  A country that has a decent vaccination program similar to the US.  They used to vaccinate all grade school children for the flu every year.  The program was a success, as flu deaths fell during the length of the endeavor.  The program was ended though.  Why?  Because too many children were having bad reactions to the vaccines.  The medical professionals decided that reducing flu deaths was not more important than the neurological health of children.  Japan also decided that the MMR vaccine was a bit too much and also offers the vaccine broken up into seperate doses for the disease.  As a result, the Japanese still trust their health care providers and there isn't a culture of Anti-vaxxers like there is in the US.

The US could do the same thing.  Doctors could say, "Yes!  Vaccines DO cause reactions!  We are trying to balance the cost of injury with the benefits of herd immunity."  But instead we have pharmaceutical companies pumping out more and more vaccines that are becoming required.  More children are getting injured, doctors are ignoring parent's suspicions that vaccines are to blame.  Which causes parents to not trust doctors for other things - like vaccinating your child ever.  Plus, who the hell is going to study anything that can help reverse vaccine injury if not one can even admit it exists?

Instead we have that vaccine injury is a monster of thought - it is forbidden. 

Gizmodo users should be sterlized (just kidding, I support reproductive rights as long as it also includes your option to have an abortion....which by the way, do you really think you would make a good mother??)

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/idiocracy-is-a-cruel-movie-and-you-should-be-ashamed-fo-1553344189/+AnnaleeNewitz

Oh Gizmodo, I know I didn't expect much from you, but ripping on Idiocracy? Really? Your main point is that eugenics isn't a way to fix society? Well duh!

The problem with society is not that people are idiots, though they are.  It's that there is this belief that the idiots and the non-idiots can be separated from the geniuses and the geniuses need to do there best to watch out for the poor little idiots with their great public policy.  Like the US liberating Iraq, those poor idiots didn't even know they needed liberating!

Also this thought process gives rise to the ability to keep a barrier between classes in place.  Ask Zizek.

But I digress you see, because the point of Idiocracy was not a warning against unchecked baby-making.  But A SATIRE ON THE PRESENT.  Good job missing the point Gizmodo.

Idiocracy was a great movie, and yes everyone loves referring to it because it is a staple of culture to reflect on culture. And sometimes things are stupid. Some are Brawndo stupid, people repeating things that they heard as if they had to be true. And sometimes things are an orchestra of electric guitars stupid, which is also awesome.

Among other things.

I have decided to use you in an elaborate ritual, side effects include salvation.