Commenters on Jez get a bad wrap but goddammit when we show up to a fight, we come prepared. Well done.

They would also make a significant amount of money if everyone was sick and needed treatment. Do they think the pharmaceutical industry doesn’t also produce the cures and treatments if the vaccines are rejected?

Succinct. Love it.

Hilarious!

It’s a preservative no longer in most US vaccines btu you’re right I should have been clearer — I meant that it is no longer in the MMR vaccine, the one that is widely blamed by buffoons for autism. Thimerosal is only in the multivial flu vaccine which is not required and has alternatives available.

He is the parent of the current movement and the specific autism claims. You are absolutely right that he did not start the anti vaxx movement but, as far as I know, the supposed link to autism ties back to him.

I’m as open minded as the next person. Please, by all means, show me evidence to prove me wrong.

The answer to your questions are:

Yes, exactly. Because I, internet commenter said so.

I’m Jewish and I’m well aware of the way Jews are treated in America and the world at large and about the horrors visited on children and their families following a Tay Sachs diagnosis.

Fair point.

Yes, and?

I agree. Except vaccines are not a cause of autism.

I’ve never seen Bolduan before, but I was pretty impressed with how she handled this. Obviously I would have preferred the more succinct “STFU” but she maneuvered the whole thing pretty deftly.

Have the Trump fanatics conveniently forgotten about Marla Maples? I hope she doesn’t get dragged into this but Jesus — glass houses people.

A rain dance, duh.

You’re right, I forgot about that bit

Perinatal hospice. Just as Jesus would have wanted.

Any disability or defect. That, presumably, also rules out abortions for genetic disorders like Tay Sachs where the children die in pain. What the hell is wrong with these people.

Science Fantasy Fiction. She’s defining a genre all her own.