Here's a video to explain how vaccinations work. Caution: strong language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfdZTZQvuCo
*new* Debunking Republican Health Care Myths - NYTimes.com
An op-ed, but informative, I think.
Here's a bunch of articles FYI.
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=youtube+pro+vaccination+arguments&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001
Love this video! It was nicely done and cleared up some confusion. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI have seen a few Penn and Teller videos, but this one might have been my favorite. I liked how they used the Plexiglas to represent the shield that vaccinations put on children. I think vaccinations are good for our next generations and should never be rid of. The strong language was also a good touch to add emphasis on the point they were trying to make.
ReplyDeletea NOVA video is on Netflix called "Vaccines: Calling the Shots." It's about public perception of vaccines and how diseases that used to be practically eliminated are coming back. We watched it in my immunology class that Dr. Barone teaches and its pretty good.
ReplyDeleteThis cleared the air for me quite a bit. Now I know that the threat of obtaining autism is worth the risk of getting vaccinated. Even though there is no correlation between getting a vaccination and becoming autistic.
ReplyDeleteGreat video! Also in the link I found the video "The Science of Autism" from the link above to be interesting. Basically it discusses the 'science' of the anti-vaccine movement as a whole. It looks at the rise of autism diagnoses in the last century and whether this is due to truly more autism or simply increasing diagnoses due to confirmation bias of physicians and families.
ReplyDeleteHow do you feel about the idea of vaccines causing autism? My personal opinion is I do not think that these vaccinations are causing the defect. I feel that doctors have been using vaccinations for a long time and know how to keep these under control to the point where they do the job intended. Are there risks sometimes, of course. It just seems like an attack on the easiest solution to the problem rather than real data to support these claims.
DeleteA great video but I find the link between autism and vaccines too weak to uphold there are simply too many variables to find an actual link between the two. Vaccines provide in most cases life saving protection from diseases that nowadays should be erradicated from the planet if at least in this area of the world. Many of the diseases coming back such as polio and measles are a great hazard to society and the people who refuse the vaccinations.
ReplyDeleteThis video was great and informative. It showed that it is worth getting vaccinated. They can save lives, maybe not autism specifically but other diseases that are coming back to the U.S. I also believe the firmness in the language was a great way to show the seriousness and the point they were trying to get across.
ReplyDeleteThis video was very educational on the vaccinations. I always believed that vaccinations actually made you get sick. It was a quick informative video that cleared up a lot.
ReplyDeleteI watched the Penn and Teller video and a couple of the Dr.s videos as well. I may be still a tad bit confused... they repeatedly said in reference to the measles/MMR vaccine that it "probably isn't the main cause of autism"... "probably isn't" is not the same as "is not"
ReplyDeleteHas there been studies that correlate the vaccine to autism or not? Is that video outdated?
Many believe that this is true, but the CDC denies the claim of connection. As always, some research has been done to prove it and some to disprove it. I think the first claim of autism from this vaccination was in the late 80s but it was never proved.
DeleteThe first claim of vaccination causing autism was in 1998. The main author was Andrew Wakefield and it was specifically in regards to the MMR vaccine. This paper has since been retracted from the medical journal Lancet, and all but 2 of the authors have agreed that the results were not accurate. Andrew Wakefield has also since been stripped of his medical license is the UK. One of the main reasons people believe he claimed a link to autism was because he was assisting in developing another vaccine that would be in competition with the MMR vaccine. All large scale studies of populations have shown absolutely no link to autism in regards to this and any other vaccine. Denmark did a a study of nearly 550,000 children and found no link to autism whatsoever. Hope this clears it up.
Deletehttp://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/01/30/erin-panel-anti-vaccination-debate.cnn
ReplyDeleteHere is an article of a news report of two doctors who disagree with the idea of vaccinations. One claims that we are "experimenting" on our children. The other uses the argument of how measles were cured and eliminated because of vaccines. These two doctors begin to get very heated in the argument which makes this debate very interesting. Which side do you take?
This video looks at the "Anti- Vaccination Movement" which is pushing from the West in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Utah, Arizona, Mexico, Colorado, and Nebraska.
DeleteDr. Dorian states to honor medicine and research and to honor the hippocratic oath taken by doctors to save lives and to do anything to prevent harm.
Dr. Wolfson claims that we need to be infected by MMR to find out what we need to do to eliminate them, not vaccinate to prevent.
Thoughts?
Penn and Teller are blunt and blunt messages is what society needs, sometimes. People need to realize the freaking fallacy of autism-causing vaccines, they need to realize the importance of vaccines, they need to be responsible and protect themselves, their children, and everyone else! This stupid "anti-vaxxer" movement angers me so much because such a large group of people believe this bogus theory of autism causing vaccines. The original quack of a doctor who told everyone that vaccines cause autism freaking TOOK EVERYTHING he said back! But, people are dumb. It certainly doesn't help that celebrities are jumping on this stupid wagon too. It's a disease and it's spreading through our society. Penn and a Teller, keep up with your harsh, vulgar, and blunt language. Maybe people will start listening. But, what does it say about us that we need ou faces screamed at to start listening to something so important?
ReplyDeleteThe video clearly explains the benefit of vaccinating our children. The message needs to be spread that vaccinations do not cause autism. But what can be controversial about vaccines is whether we are being injected by a live (attenuated) vaccine or an inactivated vaccine. There are other types of vaccines, but some may sway their option based on whether the vaccine is live or not.
ReplyDeleteHere's another article that has to do with ant-vaccination campaigns: Parents of a child that died of meningitis and refused his medical care stating they thought they could cure him herbally are being charged in Canada:
ReplyDeletehttp://deadstate.org/anti-vaxxer-parents-who-treated-dead-sons-meningitis-with-maple-syrup-get-torn-apart-on-witness-stand/
This is such shocking article. It's incredibly hard to believe that a parent would do this to their child.
DeleteI've seen this video before from a friend, and it is still entertaining, and still a great explanation.
ReplyDeleteI found the video very interesting. It displayed how important it is to get vaccinated in a visual way that everyone could understand. This message should be spread to better educate people on the benefits of vaccinations and show how many lives are saved through their use.
ReplyDeleteI agree with exactly what you are saying and believe that the message should be spread to everyone!
DeleteThis is absolutely incredible! My favorite had to be the Penn and Teller video! It's hard to grasp the situation until you see a visual. The NYTimes also makes a good point about presidential candidates and health insurance. The link between autism and vaccinations does not have evidential support enough to comply throughout the US.
ReplyDeleteGreat video! I think that it really reminds us how lucky we are that scientists were able to discover these vaccines. They have saved countless lives and all myths about causing autism need to be dispelled. I also think that looking at this issue is a great reminder of what happens when ethical research is not done and results are made up. There is still a lasting impression from a study done over 20 years ago.
ReplyDeleteSaving lives because of these doctors and scientist have really shown how lucky we are and blessed. This was a great video and I am glad you shared this one and am glad to say this was a great last video to go out on! Thanks for the great class.
ReplyDeleteI think it is a great video. People need to realize that there is not any evidence showing that vaccinations cause autism. There is actually studies that are finding that Autism may be linked during the gestation of the baby.
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