Do you claim the Daily Mail was fabricating the lead researchers words? "Last night the team's leader, Dr Stephen Walker, said: 'Of the handful of results we have in so far, all are vaccine strain and none are wild measles."
The article in question has already made claims about the research that the researchers themselves have disputed, Statements which the article itself has neglected to report (Oops?). While I don't think the words themselves were fabricated, the daily mail is a tabloid magazine and given the wingnut author, it wouldn't surprise me. While we could simply check the report itself, alas it was never published, so it is a moot point anyway.
All Wakefield did apparently was state the onset of behavioral symptoms was associated by the parents with the MMR.
He did a great deal more than that. He claims data to substantiate that association. Once again we run into the vapid defense "I'm not claiming this, I'm just referencing that which does". As we learned though, the data was fabricated.
Translation: some parents told me their kids got sick after getting the MMR.
Yes, very scientific indeed. Too bad he had to fudge his numbers.
He claims to have found gastrointestinal disease and developmental regression in a group of previously normal children. Did he?
Yes.
It appears he did in some of the children.
So again, yes.
Was there a claim that MMR causes autism in Wakefield's findings? I don't see a claim like that in the study.
If only he were as bold as his anti-vaxxer supporters. Wakefield only claimed an association between the onset of behavioral disorders including autism, and MMR boosters.
Okay. Forced vaccination violates the golden rule. It is also idolatry, coveting and murder.
Giving children booster shots is murder? Really??
Is that your argument?
Idolatry? Is the vaccine being worshiped?
You're grasping at straws here.
But nothing. The kids are at risk whether other kids get vaccinated or not. That's a major hole in your position.
Kids are at risk of dying in an automobile crash whether buckled up or not. That's a major hole in your position.
Seat-belt laws violate the golden rule. It is also idolatry, coveting and murder.
Are you willing to be forced by the government to get a vaccine it and a pharmaceutical company decided you need to have? Would your answer be the same if it's vaccination for a non-communicable, non-contagious disease?
I'm not suggesting a nationwide mandate. I think current laws are sufficient.
All the citizens in the country, and the foreign travelers, that are not going to be forced to get vaccinated, yet they can still use public services, can still ride on public transportation. They can ride the bus or train with the many school kids that travel daily to and from school.
I already answered this.
A class is a group of people sharing the same social, economic, or occupational status. School children are a class of citizens that is being forced to get vaccinated. Medical professionals are another class that is being forced to get vaccinated. Obviously not all classes of citizens are being forced to get vaccinated, just the ones who can most easily be coerced.
Children are an age-group, not a class of people; they belong to the socioeconomic class of their parents, which for schools is as diverse as the country itself. Many vaccine requirements by states for schools also apply to private schools.
Your claim is baseless, irrational and the CBS news story you posted doesn't support it.
The CDC claims: "The outbreak likely started from a traveler who became infected overseas with measles, then visited the amusement park while infectious."
Not children who weren't vaccinated. Should we ban travelers?[/QUOTE]
Low vaccination rates are a
necessary cause of outbreaks such as this, as mentioned before, if vaccination rates fall below 90% there are not enough protected individuals to check the disease in check. Unvaccinated travelers are no concern if vaccination rates remain high.