shhhhhhh. Don't give her any new conspiracy ideas.

Agree. Acupuncture is great for pain management without addictive expensive pills. There are some valuable alternative medicines. But when I've gone looking for info on them I often find the anti-vax stuff in the same place or just a click away.

Agree. It's coupled with a growing alternative medicine movement. No disrespect — there are some useful stuff out there in alternative medicine. But once you get in the mindset that The Authority wants to keep pushing pills, then you're halfway to anti-vax thinking.

For some stupid reason I've spent my morning trying to understand the thinking behind anti-vaxxers. Certainly I've got something better to do.

There's a Yoruba orisha of smallpox as well.

OK. You're probably right that there are more like that. But here's a recent CBS article about how 15% of the kindergartners in Santa Monica and Malibu are not vaccinated. Those are typically secular liberal communities.

I disagree. It's not ignorance. It's more like conspiracy theory type thinking where you reject all the "current medical information" because you believe that the establishment is in the pocket of Big Pharmacy. The problem with conspiracy theory thinking is that any counter evidence is just further evidence of how…

I'm going to guess that most of the anti-vaxxers are secular liberals and they reject the authority of the Bible just as they reject the authority of the medical community.

I disagree. It's not ignorance or blind trust. They see themselves as thinking critically about something the rest of us take as blind trust. It's more complex than just stupidity.

It's not ignorance. The people who don't vaccinate their children tend to be affluent and educated. They see themselves as making the more informed decision.
Please note that I'm not defending them, just trying to explain.

Here's a recent CBS news article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news…

I think that big pox was syphilis which has evolved over the centuries because it must be spread sexually and people won't have sex with you with big sores.

wtf is TBS lol

The goateed knight and his bearded lady meet the Clippers of Camelot.

I love legitimate theater.

I just can't get past stormtroopers as good guys with cute accents.

I can't remember his mantra.

Would you like to play a game?

Thank you for your good work. Three or four hundred is quite a lot.

All very good points.