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At Psychology Today Blogs, Dr. L. Kenneth Zweig points out that, despite the scare-mongering from anti-VAXXers, side effects from vaccinations are almost always good things. A snippet:

A vaccine should trigger an immune reaction, so feeling ill after vaccination is a positive sign. It indicates that the body is building immunity. Experiencing mild symptoms means the immune system responds as expected, reducing the likelihood of severe illness later. Those who do not experience symptoms after a vaccine will still likely develop immunity without noticeable side effects.

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At The Seattle Times, physicians and medical school professsors Christopher A. Sanford and Paul Pottinger debunk de anti-vaxxer bunk.

I find the article commendable not because it breaks new ground. It does not. But it thoroughly demolishes the four primary anti-vaxx lies in one succinct piece.

David debunks yet another anti-Vaxxer lie. (Warning: Short promo at the end.)

There’s over two centuries of evidence that vaccines work.

Heck, I’m old enough to remember when vaccines made polio go away. When the polio vaccines became available, my parents had me at Doctor Henderson’s office quick like a bunny, because my parents were not stupid.

There’s no evidence that vaccines don’t work, and even less than no evidence that they are somehow inimical. (Yeah, I know that “less than no” seems to be irrational, but irrational numbers are a thing and we seem to have become an irrational society, so I’m going with it.)

Sadly, though, there is no vaccine against stupid, and we seeing an epidemic of stupid.

Via Yellowdoggranny.