The anti-vaxxer movement in a nutshell.

First, there are no independent studies (non-industry related) that prove it to be successful. Please send me any if you ever find them.

I never said having a smartphone was life and death.

We should have a choice about how we spend our life energy and what we do with our own bodies. Our bodies do not belong to governments or corporations. Wearing a seatbelt is a great idea, but I should not have to pay a man in a blue costume $100 if I choose not to wear one.

I should also have the right to choose not to purchase a medical product that may cause me bodily harm, especially when there is no independent evidence of its efficacy outside of the declarations made by those who stand to profit from it.

What if I forbade you to eat meat because I had evidence that it caused a host of preventable diseases? Do I have the right to control your diet? Does a government? Certainly we could saves millions of lives from heart disease, obesity, and Cancer. Is that enough to justify the elimination of meat from your diet? No. You can choose to eat Mcdonald's every day of the week if you want and die prematurely.

If I thought that the pharmaceutical companies were completely trustworthy and accountable for the products they create, I would choose those products. I don't. I don't trust them because they face no consequences for the injury their products cause, and there is no independent oversight of their products.

I do know that their products are untested for Carcinogenesis. I do know that their products are untested for Infertility effects. I do know that they have lost control of their manufacturing processes in the past (SV40 contamination) I do know that vaccines are not 100% effective. I do know that vaccines can cause the very diseases they are supposed to prevent. I do know that over 3 Billion in damages for vaccine injury has been paid out by the vaccine board to victims of these products.

You may disagree with my statements, but I am not legislating my beliefs and forcing you to comply with them.

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