the myth is that it's the biggest day of the year for domestic violence. that's the myth that has been debunked. if you read the article you'll see that domestic violence still spikes on super bowl sunday.

I totally agree with all that, but that to me makes this all the more frustrating. This is literally one of the easiest decisions someone can make, unless they ignore nearly 200 years of science.

So good to meet someone else in the "alternative" healthcare world who is pro-vaccination! I'm in the process of becoming an integrative nutritionist, and I am always so embarrassed when people lump me in with the anti-vaxxers. I believe in the healing power of nutrition and herbs BECAUSE of my understanding of…

If aluminum, raw eggs, and dead fetuses will keep my asthmatic ass from getting pertussis, then sign me up. IDGAF.

As I've gotten older, I have become more outspoken about how ignorant climate deniers and anti vaxxers are that I *specifically* bring it up around people I think will be more likely to believe in that shit just so I can drop my truth bombs on them and watch them stutter their stupidity.

Good on you. These child-endangering willfully-ignorant dolts deserve all they shame they've brought on themselves.

Rashes and fever and diarrhea, sure I could see that as you're introducing something to your body which is supposed to cause an immune reaction in some instances. But I'm straight up telling you there is absolutely no chemical compound in any vaccine that has any remote effect on the brain or eyes that would CAUSE a…

There is no other side of the story. There is the consensus among all reputable medical professionals, loads of peer-reviewed research, basic fucking understanding of what autism is, and then there's fucking wingnuts who know nothing, but are deathly afraid of anything they don't understand.

I feel compelled to write this to you because I feel like you've been extremely mislead. Many forms of genetic issues such as seizures or poor eye health passed down via genetics don't start expressing themselves until the ages of 3-12. Sadly this coincides greatly with required MMR vaccinations so people who haven't…

The guy is a quack chiropractor. He knows as much about the immune system as any common person, hence why his issue with "chemicals," a red flag that he doesn't know shit about what's in vaccines or how they work, means the author has every right.

Okay, your point is that some kids have adverse reactions to vaccines. You are 100% correct. But they haven't been diagnosed with autism because of vaccines. And this anti-vax movement is heavily spurred on by false information claiming vaccines cause autism. If your child has adverse reactions to vaccines, nobody is…

In my line of work I regularly work with people suffering from post-polio syndrome. It is truly horrifying. The fact that someone is willing to let their child live that way makes me want to take their kids away from them and drop the parents out the back of a plane over Antarctica so they can be one with…

My grandmother has post-polio and my grandfather has shingles and you don't want either

And Louis Pasteur! What was he thinking, trying to protect us from rabies?! That's SO inhumane - if you get bit by a rabid dog, you need injections into your stomach!

Polio was eradicated in most of the world through mass vaccination campaigns, but it could come back so, so easily.

Thanks! We're looking forward to it. Actually starting to paint the nursery this weekend (we have 15-ft. ceilings, so it will be a project).

Choose your friends carefully! I have ended friendships with people I otherwise like because they won't vaccinate their kids. When they come to play with my son, with a daughter coughing up some Typhoid-Mary shit, I said no way. Maybe that makes me the asshole, but I can live with that.

I have a Cambodian friend. Her husband is in his mid thirties. He's been using crutches since childhood because of polio.

My former boss had polio as a child and she didn't limp, but had a weak leg and foot so she had to be very careful of not tripping, etc. That was some nasty shit, polio....thank goodness we have a vaccine for that now. Not to mention all the other vaccines building up immunity so little babies, very elderly people,…

Man I've never wanted to inject someone with smallpox SO MUCH.