tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post6945131577651159136..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: Revolution News, Vol. 9: change of venuePDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-32526549693454140662016-07-15T07:55:25.061-05:002016-07-15T07:55:25.061-05:00I read the Reddit; you are mistaken. She is NOT a...I read the Reddit; you are mistaken. She is NOT anti-vax. The WORST characterization you could imply is that she is "pro-choice" for parents about vaccinations (which might be a problem if there were only public schools in the nation).<br /><br />1. <a href="http://vaccines.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=003597" rel="nofollow">All 50 states</a> have a parental waiver of some kind, be it medical, religious, philosophical, or all three (like Texas). Forty-seven plus DC allow a religious exemption.<br /><br />You want to argue egregious, start there.<br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/09/24/mandatory_vaccinations_unvaccinated_public_school_students_face_suspension.html" rel="nofollow">This astronomer</a> makes your case better than any I've read, for what it's worth (and is certainly closer to my own view). And schools have the right to ban students who haven't been vaccinated, particularly when there's an outbreak in their district, because of the <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/02/schools-may-solve-the-anti-vaccine-parenting-deadlock/385208/" rel="nofollow">legal liability they risk</a>.<br /><br />3. Anyway, Luddites mostly home-school these days -- when they can't afford to send their unvaccinated children to a private school, that is.<br /><br />4. Stein is also an MD, which is to say that she knows more about these things than people who post to Reddit or comment on blogs or Google up someone's screed.<br /><br />5. The bottom line is that you simply cannot force parents to vaccinate their children.<br /><br />6. Because Stein is not strongly-enough-pro-vax for you is not the same thing as being anti-vax. That's the Brockolli part.PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-65676839307881298072016-07-14T21:56:26.917-05:002016-07-14T21:56:26.917-05:00On Reddit she was pro-vaccination but combined it ...On Reddit she was pro-vaccination but combined it with a very long attack on big pharma controlling the FDA so the data may not be as reliable as it could be. <br />Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414725749450659875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-40541512215828663092016-07-14T11:57:58.482-05:002016-07-14T11:57:58.482-05:00No, she does not. That's just Brockolli you s...<a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2016/07/sorry-clinton-supporters-but-jill-stein-is-not-an-anti-vaccine-presidential-candidate/" rel="nofollow">No, she does not</a>. That's just Brockolli you smell.PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-3744787050383577112016-07-14T11:05:36.879-05:002016-07-14T11:05:36.879-05:00Stein has some vaccine/possible closet antivaxxer ...Stein has some vaccine/possible closet antivaxxer issues, perhaps. I'm blogging on that for next week, long enough for her to have time to clarify, should she so choose.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.com