According to a definitive new study published June 3, Washington State ranks among the worst in the nation in meeting childhood vaccination targets. In the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) epidemiological newsletter, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, our state ranges between 88 and 93 percent compliance for “required” vaccinations like polio, whooping cough, measles, hepatitis B, and chicken pox. The CDC’s target is 95 percent. But even more embarrassing, our state now leads the nation in parent-signed exemptions for kindergarten enrollees at 6.2 percent, a rate that has more than doubled over the past decade.

In other words, Washington is suffering an epidemic of stupid fucking Jenny McCarthy–worshiping anti-vaccine hippies. Only eight states report a lower compliance rate on the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine than Washington’s 91.7 percent, while Mississippi leads the nation with 99.7 percent compliance.

And Seattle is only somewhat better than Washington as a whole.

At 5.3 percent, the rate of parent-signed exemptions for kindergarten enrollees at Seattle’s public and private schools is still way too high, and the exemptions appear to be skewed toward a handful of private and alternative public schools. According to statistics obtained from the Washington State Department of Health, six Seattle schools have kindergarten exemption rates higher than 20 percent, almost all for “personal,” rather than medical or religious, reasons: Seattle Hebrew Academy (43.5 percent), University Cooperative School (36.4 percent), the Community School of West Seattle (33.3 percent), Salmon Bay School (30 percent), Seattle Waldorf School (24.6 percent), and Pathfinder K-8 School (20.4 percent). Not one of these schools has a kindergarten vaccination completion rate better than 65 percent. That’s an epidemic waiting to happen.

Skipping vaccinations exposes these kids to measles, mumps, whooping cough, and other diseases we typically vaccinate for, but it also endangers children who are too young or too immune-compromised to be vaccinated. These kids would normally be protected by herd immunity.

According to the herd immunity theory, the larger the percentage of the population that is resistant to a contagious disease, the less likely any individual is to come into contact with the infecting agent in the first place. Once a certain immunization threshold is reached, the chain of infection is broken and the possibility of a sustained outbreak is all but eliminated. But at a vaccination rate of only 91.7 percent for MMR, for example, Washington is now dangerously close to falling below the herd immunity threshold for these sometimes deadly diseases, all thanks to stupid fucking hippies and their bullshit science.

Our current epidemic of anti-vaccine hysteria kicked off in 1998, when former physician and researcher Andrew Wakefield published a controversial study in British medical journal the Lancet linking the MMR vaccine to the development of autism. I emphasize “former physician and researcher” because Wakefield lost his license to practice medicine after he was found guilty of serious medical misconduct and unethical research practices, as the BBC reported in 2010. But that, and the fact that there is no credible scientific research supporting a causal link between vaccines and autism, hasn’t stopped the anti-vaccine movement from growing. Led by celebrity advocates like “actress” Jenny McCarthy—who has made her own son the poster child for confusing correlation with causality by very publicly blaming his autism on vaccinations rather than on, say, chance, genetics, or a cruel and capricious God—the anti-vaccine movement continues to gain adherents, particularly among stupid fucking hippies. recommended

118 replies on “Stupid Fucking Anti-Vaccine Hippies”

  1. Maven, Not to minimize the tragedy, but I could find only 2 deaths in 2010 from pertussis. Since it is impossible to find pertinent details, I will try to add some perspective.

    How effective is the pertussis vaccine?:

    The incidence and severity of pertussis had begun to decline long before the pertussis vaccine was introduced, as had all other childhood diseases – polio included. In fact, polio incidence spiked when mass vaccination took place, as did other diseases.

    From 1900 to 1935, the death rate from pertussis in the U.S. and England had declined on its own by 79 percent and 82 percent respectively. A study published in the Journal of Pediatrics revealed that the whole-cell pertussis vaccine may be only 40 to 45 percent effective – despite official claims of 63 to 91 percent efficacy. Efficacy is not sustained; susceptibility to pertussis just a few years after full vaccination may be as high as 95 percent.

    In 1983, there were 2,187 cases of pertussis reported to the CDC. Of the 560 patients with known vaccination status, nearly half had received vaccine protection.

    In 1986, 1030 cases were reported in Kansas wherein 90 percent of the patients were adequately vaccinated.

    In a 1993 outbreak in Ohio, 82 percent of young children with the disease had received multiple doses of vaccine.

    In 1993 in Alberta, Canada 62 percent of those contracting pertussis had received their age appropriate shots.

    In 1996 in Vermont, where vac rates were among the highest in the U.S. nearly 97 percent of those affected with pertussis were properly vaccinated; 74 percent of children 7-47 months of age had received 3-5 doses of the vaccine, and 68 percent of all 7-18 year-olds had received 4 or 5 doses.

    In 1996, there was a large pertussis outbreak in the Netherlands causing researchers to state, “Our results clearly show that pertussis remained endemic with epidemic peaks…despite high vaccination coverage.”

    In Cyprus, pertussis vaccination rates rose from 48 percent in 1980 to 98 percent by 1997. In 2003, the pertussis vac rate remained at 98 Percent yet there was a large outbreak. According to researchers, “Most cases in the outbreak had previously been vaccinated…” In fact, 79 percent of everyone who contracted the disease had received 3-5 doses of the vaccine. ONLY 13 PERCENT OF ALL PEOPLE STRICKEN WITH PERTUSSIS WERE COMPLETELY UNVACCINATED.

    And the list of all types of vaccine failures goes on and on and on…but parents continue to be lied to…it’s called poisoning children for profit. Those of us who have thoroughly studied this issue and choose not to allow our children’s immune systems to be compromised by vaccines are keenly aware that they are healthier than vaccinated children.

    The sources on the pertussis statistics above, as well as other disease statistics, are richly referenced in the “Vaccine Safety Manual” by Neil Z. Miller with forward by Russell Blaylock, MD, a 25+ year neurosurgeon and expert in the neurotoxic effects of vaccines; he will tell you what they do to brains.

    For example, are you aware that that pharmaceutical companies/vaccine manufacturers have NEVER conducted a study comparing vaccinated children with unvaccinated children? Honest. Mmmm, ever wonder why? Think about it.

    Joan M.

  2. First. And for once in my life, yes, I think I’ll use all caps; THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS HERD IMMUNITY. Someone has surely mentioned this already, but when anyone resorts to name calling & swearing, they lose credibility with me. I can’t be bothere to read further. But the point is, unless ALL adults get booster shots for EVERYTHING kids are vaccinated for EVERY few years (vaccine “immunity” lasts only between 2-10 years) ANYONE AT ALL can therefore be hazardous to vulnerable kids. All you parents screaming about herd immunity had better start getting vaxed yourselves if you want to start blaming others.

  3. 1. Decreasing trends for all of these illnesses began, and took their most significant falls, BEFORE vaccines were introduced. Credit is due to understanding and implementation of sanitation and the socialization of it.

    2. When the data are studied, one learns that the per capita incidence of illnesses are the same among vaccinated and unvaccinated people.

    3. Concluding from the above, vaccinated people confer no greater levels of immunity over unvaccinated people. In fact, some studies suggest otherwise. Vaccinated people just treat syringes like Russian roulette devices as there IS a documentable connection between vaccines and illnesses like autism (Wakefield has been vindicated this year).

  4. 1. Decreasing trends for all of these illnesses began, and took their most significant falls, BEFORE vaccines were introduced. Credit is due to the understanding and implementation of sanitation and the socialization of it.

    2. When the data are studied, one learns that the per capita incidence of illnesses are the same among vaccinated and unvaccinated people.

    3. Concluding from the above, vaccination confers no greater levels of immunity over unvaccinated people. In fact, some studies suggest otherwise. Vaccinated people just treat syringes like Russian roulette devices as there IS a documentable connection between vaccines and illnesses like autism (Wakefield has been vindicated this year).

  5. Oh yes, I wish that all of might rights could be taken away. Can you please tell me I must give myself and those I’m responsible for toxic injections? Can you please tell me that if you goof up, that you are not liable for any misgivings? Can you take away my right for free speech while your at it? Or my right to question my doctor? What about my right to question a for profit company that makes a drug I must take that has never been 3rd party tested for safety or effectiveness? Thank you.

  6. Joan, I’m glad you lived through polio.

    My great uncle didn’t. And you must know people who were crippled or killed from it.

    Fear of vaccines isn’t irrational. It’s a normal, base, core human fear. We don’t want foreign things injected into us. We don’t like snakes, bees, spiders because they can all bite/sting and could kill. A vaccination is just a bee in a medical office. When you hear someone express fear about “toxins,” this is the fear they’re expressing.

    Our goal should be to educate people to overcome this fear with the evidence that we have.

    The real problem is that the only evidence that’s going to turn it around is another epidemic. You know what shot people are having no quibble with right now? DTaP. That’s thanks to the mini-epidemic out of California with the dozen dead babies in its wake.

    It’s just a shame people are putting their own kids on the line waiting for another epidemic to “prove” that vaccinations work. The dead will be babies too young to be vaccinated anyway.

  8. -Is not liking the business practices of an industry a reason to put children in danger of disease and death? It’s not like choosing to not eat anything but free-range eggs based on moral principle. How much do your principles REALLY mean to you? Are you seriously willing to put your child’s health at risk over what you wish this industry was doing differently. It may be a monopoly, but it is one of the most regulated and checked up on monopolies in the U.S.. You can follow the money around and around, but the fact is that when bad batches of drugs come out, they get recalled immediately; when bad batches of vaccines come out, they get recalled immediately. And people don’t really want to know how their medicines get made. They demand perfect treatments, perfect cures, no side effects, having been tested on a million people before it gets to them, and yet, somehow, magically, having never harmed a soul. Study bio-chemistry, organic chemistry and pharmacology a while. You’re not going to get it.

    -There is NO MEDICAL REASON to delay vaccinations. I DO lump people who have their kids on a delayed schedule in with the “non-vaxers” because the reason they are putting their children on a delayed schedule is based on mis-information and what THEY THINK is happening inside their child’s body, but really isn’t. It is DANGEROUS to delay vaccines because you are not giving them every protection they need. Doctor’s have ALREADY done the calculations based on what is safe and when they are old enough to handle it.

    -If you seriously don’t trust your Doctor to tell you when your child is old enough to get vaccinated, you shouldn’t be seeing them. If you honestly believe that your family physician is just a pawn of the pharmaceutical industry and is putting you and your family’s health in danger in order to make a profit, you SERIOUSLY need to find another doctor. Why go to them at all?

    -Stop getting your information soley from the internet. Please. Don’t “look it up on the internet” and say you’ve researched a topic. Don’t trust everything I say. Go to a library, go to a college, go talk to actual doctors, researchers, pharmacists, bio-chemists, pathologists. Talk to people who work in the industry and find out why things are the way they are and where productive changes can be made without putting kids in danger.

  9. GOLDY, you need to do some research – you are really very ignorant and close-minded. I’ll help you out. Look up Dr. Suzanne Humphries, a practicing Nephrologist who started to study vaccine reactions when she noticed kidney failure in patients recently immunized. Look up how vaccines are made and what goes into them. Dr. Sherry Tenpenney is a good source for this. Finally, question why vaccine makers cover up adverse events and why they sought protection from the Federal Government so they aren’t allowed to be sued for people who get sick from the vaccines. Sounds like you need to develop some critical thinking skills, although I doubt you have any based upon your childish rant.

  10. GOLDY, you need to do some research – you are really very ignorant and close-minded. I’ll help you out. Look up Dr. Suzanne Humphries, a practicing Nephrologist who started to study vaccine reactions when she noticed kidney failure in patients recently immunized. Look up how vaccines are made and what goes into them. Dr. Sherry Tenpenney is a good source for this. Finally, question why vaccine makers cover up adverse events and why they sought protection from the Federal Government so they aren’t allowed to be sued for people who get sick from the vaccines. Sounds like you need to develop some critical thinking skills, although I doubt you have any based upon your childish rant.

  11. Proof that vaccines did not save us: See all Graphs

    http://genesgreenbook.com/content/proof-…

    By genebean – Posted on 07 November 2009

    History shows us that vaccines did NOT eradicate the diseases that plagued humanity. That is a common misconception — in actual fact, it was better sanitation and hygiene in the cities that prevented the spread of diseases. These charts, from official sources, show us that vaccines (1) were not responsible, and are not necessary, for eliminating infectious diseases, (2) are not effective, and (3) are dangerous.

    These charts are part of a document prepared by Raymond Obomsawin, PhD. You can access this document here in PDF format. The data comes from various sources including national public health agencies, encyclopedias, Vital Statistics and Historical Statistics of the US, published medical journals, UNICEF reports, and more.

  12. There is actually an explanation behind why parents, often mistakenly, come to believe that vaccines aren’t right for their child. Consider a hypothetical disease X. Disease X is causing 10 childhood deaths per 100,000 per year, as well as disabling 15, and making a further 150 sick or severely sick. A vaccine comes out. The risk of adverse drug reaction is 4 in 100,000. The effectiveness is 99.0% Parents think the vaccine is a miracle. Vaccination rates are huge. 10 years later, the disease is causing 0 deaths per 100,000 per year, but it is still just about lingering on with 3-4 illnesses per 100,000 per year. By this stage, the vaccine is slightly safer at 3 ADRs per 100,000, and slightly more effective at 99.4% protection. It is still the same vaccine, but safer and more effective, but now parents are thinking “there is a 3 in 100,000 risk of injuring my child, to prevent the risk of disease of about 3-4 per 100,000. This vaccine just isn’t worth the risk”. Vaccination rates start to fall, and because the disease is nearly eradicated, there are thousands of kids who didn’t get the vaccine and are “just fine”. (Maybe some bad research comes out falsely linking the vax to yet more side-effects, but maybe it doesn’t). Each year, another group of poorly covered kids hits the schools. Eventually, the inevitable happens, herd immunity is lost, and the disease breaks out again. Now, there is a 100 or 200 deaths and illnesses per 100,000 per year problem all over again. Parents look at the 3 ADRs per 100,000 again, and suddenly they want the vaccine yesterday.
    This has happened time and time again, with disease after disease. It will happen again and again in the future. It takes a long time to write the above explanation, and it takes someone willing to read/ listen/ understand. It takes a very short time to say, “my kid got this vaccine and got autism” and that is a very emotional and scary thing for a parent who hasn’t been quite thoroughly educated about the subject (simply because the majority of the population aren’t MDs / health researchers / nurses etc) to hear and decide to ignore.
    See this link for the classic example of measles, post-MMR-bullshit-Lancet article: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/scia…

  14. I have mixed feelings on this, being messed up for life because of having been given an experimental medical drug when I was a child all because of a misdiagnosis but being thankful I was not at risk for small pox *shudder*.

    Vaccines proven effective and safe should be given to children, to prevent a return of these horrible ways to die, but those which have not been around long should be optional to parents, honestly they should be optional to the children to but kids that young are usually not capable of such decisions.

    However, there is a sanity in the “they only want to make you get these for profit” as an argument. People wrongfully attack insurance companies, but the reality is far more scary, many doctors and medical professionals have sold out, most of the FDA’s “studies” are done by the drug companies themselves and not even checked for accuracy or comprehensiveness these days. So a bit of paranoia is understandable in this issue, just a balance with the paranoia of your child being the next patient zero should also be added.

  15. Your tirade indicates a lack of research into the subject. First of all, you must look at who funded the study, because ANY study can be made to have the outcome the FUNDER wishes. Additionally, a question is “Do they receive Federal funding?”.

    First, I advise you to look at the government’s own website, VAERS for Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. Check out the statistics. Then study the VICP, Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, funded with $3 billion. It is the same Tort Court system as 9-11 and the Gulf Oil Spill. Perhaps you believe 9-11 didn’t really kill anyone, and there is no damage to the ocean.

    And I want to personally thank you for helping pay my daughter’s $1 million medical bill, paid for by Medicaid, for a Vaccine Injury. Yes, Dept. of Health and Human Services decided in our favor — it was a vaccine injury. As usual, they settle out of court so there is no legal precedence.

    There are enough people out there who have seen vaccine reactions to know that you are a rambling uninformed spokesperson who doesn’t have credibility.

  16. There’s a shade of grey not being covered here: I choose to omit rotavirus and chixpox for my kids: they aren’t deadly in our ‘First World’ urban life. I will fight to retain this right.

    @25 while blindly following celebrity advice on medicine is a bad idea, and while the autism-vaccine link is full of holes, I gotta say

    1) our mutual right as americans of personal choice is far greater than any ‘herd immunity theory’ some others might value.
    2)
    with regards to: “will most certainly be vaccinating my unborn son”
    Sorry, but I think in utero vaccination is a terrible idea.

    😉

  17. Haha. Sheep. Medical doctors are puppets of the pharmaceutical companies and most of you are to blind to see that. There is no evidence that vaccines make you more healthy and certainly no evidence that they are the reason the targeted illnesses have declined. Ever pick up an insert? Since when is aluminum or even thimersol(still in your flu shot) safe to inject? We have seen our vaccines over double since 1989 and our asthma, diabetes, neurological disorders, cancer, and autoimmune disorders have risen drastically since then in children. Go ahead and get your kids vaccinated and participate in their long term study of the effects. Whether it’s vaccines or prescription meds you are in one giant study. We apparently have the best health care in the world, but yet are one of the sickest. Go ahead and take you pills and shots and don’t whine about those who don’t. You and your kids are “immunized safely” so you should not have to worry about my “hippi kid” passing any diseases on to you or your kids. Your title is hilarious by the way. So angry. Maybe you should see your doctor about a prescription pill for that.

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