So… these people aren’t even listening to their doctors? I get being confused as a laymen when reading a bunch of articles online when half of everything is AI now, but your actual doctor? Isn’t that what they’re there for?
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One thing I've always noticed about "millennial" news stories like this, another explanation could almost always be poverty.
I say this as someone who grew up poor enough to have to take medical advice with a grain of salt.
but these people will buy into all the pseudoscience crap supplements, and go to mds, or tests that plays into this as well.
I really don't get it. What is the end goal of spreading misinformation? Like what do they gain?
If people refuse science and the scientific thought, they will be manipulated by politics easily
Control. They don't need you to believe their lies. They jus need you ignore the voice of reason.
That's how fascism works.
There is no conflict. There’s medicine and there’s bullshit.
The very tired cynic in me is simply saying, "fine, it will cull the moron genes from the pool".
If I take a moment to actually connect with my basic humanity... I'm horrified.
"fine, it will cull the moron genes from the pool".
The issue with this is that most people will be ok, or at least alive but injured.
It actually had the opposite effect. Most people won't die, so then they get confirmation bias and will then start spreading the misinformation themselves saying "I didn't take the medicine and I'm fine!" Or even use their kids as proof for other parents.
It's a snowball effect.
I've already given up and started embracing misanthropy. Its the only way I haven't thrown myself off a cliff at this point.
They propagate far faster than the diseases can take them. While they refuse preventative measures, most wouldn't hesitate to get treated once an infection gets serious so their stupidity lives on.
conflicting ? a Professor of Virology talking about vaccines and Steve from Facebook ranting are not conflicting sources.
Steve from Facebook's opinions on health have been validated by the US secretary of health, Dr. Brainworms.
but they're probably still snipping off foreskin as if it somehow actually serves a rational purpose.
Remember, never change a car's oil either! Who knows what they're putting in there!
Don’t let big oil win! Just put in a couple gallons of olive oil and you should be good
Olive oil?
In american cars?
Clearly american mucscle cars require maple syrup!
Italian oil in my muricar??? I use fish oil supplements made from American fish! My mechanic was so impressed that I fit so many capsules that she called it "unbelievable!"
refusals of vitamin K shots nearly doubled
TIL:
https://www.chop.edu/pediatric-health-chat/vitamin-k-newborn-baby
One shot of vitamin K given to a baby after delivery can prevent devastating bleeding and strokes.
https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/vitamin-k-shot.html
Until they (babies) start eating solid food at about 6 months of age, babies don't have enough naturally produced vitamin K.
Seems like something you would want to give your child.
You'd think, right? It's not about logic, unfortunately.
They've attacked our public schools for decades to make us susceptible to their lies. And, this is one of the things they're lying about, now. I don't understand why. Why this?
I'd argue it comes down to three factors:
One, the rejection of modernism. People will argue that things were great in the past and now we are a fallen people (thus the popularity of the MAGA rallying cry). Obviously then, everything modern is suspect as it may be part what robbed us of our 'greatness'.
Two, machismo. Among many illness is seen as punishment for some nebulous moral failing. You're sick? Oh, you must not of eaten right, or you didn't work out enough, or god is punishing you, etc. As such protecting yourself from disease is un-manly. You saw this a lot during COVID, masks were "face diapers" and Covid was "just the flu" and only the "libtards" were getting the vaccine (which via point one was was branded the "clot-shot"). Covid was seen kind of like a "Snake handling" ritual, proof that you are "moral" enough to live through it as well as proof you don't fear death.
Three contrarianism. We all know this one. "If it's popular it must be bad!" is a creed has holds a deep grasp in the psyche of many. Usually it's pretty trivial, it doesn't really matter if you liked but hated them when they hit the mainstream. However when contrarianism starts getting applied to lifesaving medical procedures you start having problems.
The fourth factor is probably actually how poorly women are treated by doctors/ western medicine. Once all that is exposed and validated, these families are throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
Easy to convince someone that doctors don't care what's best for them after several doctors mistreat them.
Thank you for bringing this up. I'm liking both this comment and the one above.
I think sometimes in an effort to mock MAGA, we may over-legitimize doctors. They're just people, just like us, and there is a looooong history of medical malpractice and systemic abuse—much by the same forces MAGA is allied with.
Then there is the 4th…at least for medical services…costs. If you can’t afford the good insurance, everything costs so much more money. Even adults are putting off exams and preventative care because wallets are being squeezed from all sides.
Even with the shittiest insurance most basic preventative stuff like vaccines is covered... because they'd rather cover the simple cheap shit and not have you come in later when your kid is dying of polio or some shit.
yup, preventative appts are free for once per year. they cover most if not all vaccines, except if your not in the age range for some of them like shingles, or meningicoccal vaccine, or RSV.
Oh, I diunno... Sounds profitable.
It's not because you won't be able to pay
They want you coming in for minor stuff long term, using up your deductible and barely paying copays not incurring a huge cost then dying
This would be funny if there weren't real children being irrevocably harmed. Babies are defenseless, and innocent. They don't deserve this.
Up next: HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr endorses Brawndo Infant Thirst Mutilator.
RFK JR reccomends raw meat and roadkill, get those essential parasite eggs.
IT’S GOT WHAT BABIES CRAVE
If abortion is banned in your state, you have to get creative to get rid of unwanted children ;)
Those babies:
Both my kids had jaundice and had to be under a blue light for a few days after birth. Not doing so doesn't necessarily kill the kid, but it can cause brain damage.
I wonder if these parents are refusing this, it's a bit unsettling so I bet they are, which is an upsetting thought. :/
Uhhh science... Praying has proven a much better solution for diseases.
And you know those parents would be the first to sue the hospital if something happened to their kid
Generation beta? More like generation better stay inside or you'll catch a preventable desease.
What's wrong with refusing eye drops? They are only standard of care to avoid an embarrassment of admitting you have gonorrhrea. If you know you don't have it, then there's little reason to have them. At least that's how or doctor explained it to us before delivery.