My opinion - Anti-vaxxers who weren't alive when polio was rampant should STFU a

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MIButterfly (3,245 posts)

My opinion - Anti-vaxxers who weren't alive when polio was rampant should STFU about vaccines
Last edited Tue Jun 2, 2026, 07:19 PM - Edit history (2)

I was born in 1953 and I remember as a child how terrifying the prospect of getting polio was and how relieved people were when there was a vaccine. I distinctly remember when the sugar cube came out and people were lined up to get it. My mother took me right away. We had eliminated polio and smallpox with vaccines and other diseases, like measles, were almost completely eradicated as well. Now they're making a comeback.

As another poster wrote a few years back, go to an old cemetery and see how many children and babies died back in the day from diseases that are now prevented with vaccines.

I just don't get people that deny the value of vaccinations. If a vaccine really gave people autism, everybody would have autism. George Soros (or whatever liberal boogeyman they're afraid of) isn't putting a tracking device in vaccines; the cellphones they're on 24/7 is where the tracking devices are. Duh.

I'm no medical or scientific genius, but I'm no idiot either. To me, the only reason not to get vaccinated is if you have an allergic reaction or have a religious objection (which I don't understand why God wouldn't want you to be healthy and live your best life but it's not my place to question anyone else's religious beliefs). It's certainly not because you did your "research" on anti-vax websites or listen to idiots like RFK Jr.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221277702

More phony outrage

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Does MIButterfly imagine that Anti-Vaxxers are only conservatives? IRL, rejection of "Western Medicine" and vaccines has long had deep roots among Libs and Progs. Being a Boomer who was an adult in the 1970s (guess how I know that), she should remember this.

Then again, I guess she also does not remember when, in October 2020, several Dem goobernors promised to scrutinize the Covid vaccines that being developed with Trump Administration assistance. Here's a memory refresher for MIButterfly and other DU onlurkers:

Some states plan to vet Covid-19 vaccines themselves. Bad idea, experts say.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/some-states-plan-vet-covid-19-vaccines-themselves-bad-idea-n1242355

As trust in the Food and Drug Administration wavers, several states have vowed to conduct independent reviews of any Covid-19 vaccine the federal agency authorizes.
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At least six states and the District of Columbia have indicated they intend to review the scientific data for any vaccine approved to fight Covid-19, with some citing concern over political interference by President Donald Trump and his appointees. Officials in New York and California said they are convening expert panels expressly for that purpose.

"Frankly, I'm not going to trust the federal government's opinion, and I wouldn't recommend [vaccines] to New Yorkers based on the federal government's opinion," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said last month.

"We want to make sure — despite the urge and interest in having a useful vaccine — that we do it with the utmost safety of Californians in mind," Dr. Mark Ghaly, California's health and human services secretary, said at a recent news conference.

The District of Columbia, Colorado, Michigan, Oregon and West Virginia also have said they'll review vaccine data independently.

Unsurprisingly, those goobernors who in October 2020 promised to hinder the release of Covid vaccines in their states did a partisan 180 to complain about the slow distribution of Covid vaccines in January 2021, a mere 5 or 6 weeks after the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were authorized.

BTW, it took quite a bit of DDGing and Googling with very specifically worded search phrases to find that article. It's almost as if MS/Bing and and Google wanted to memory-hole those goobernors placing pre-election partisanship over the health of their residents.