Of course we all want to
be free from illness.
It's part of the innate desires
necessary for life to prevail on the battlefield. If we didn't have the drive to avoid death,
well, we wouldn't be here. Now, I'm not about
to start trying to rationalize people out of their desire not to die or see
their children die, so don’t hear me doing that. But I think that once we start to succeed SO
fantastically at stomping out various predators: weather, large meat eating
animals, hunger, disease, etc. that we
actually become a threat to the ENTIRE eco system, well, we should
re-evaluate our automatic submission at all costs to this urge. Not just that, but what cheating ourselves
out of the evolutionary process actually means to the humans of the future (if
we’re even going to have a future). We
are thinking beings, so evaluations of this sort are our responsibility. One we've sadly failed at.
Now, I have yet to do research on vaccines (I’m not planning children) so I
continue to float in the middle of a decision of whether or not I think they
are effective, or whether or not I
think they have serious risks. My position doesn't have anything to do with
either factor. I don’t assume that the
big business of vaccines is a giant lie for profit, and I don’t assume that
anti-vaxers just hate anything too sci-fi. But
what vaccines are if they ARE effective, is unnecessary cheating in a battle we
are already winning to the detriment of ALL LIFE ON THE PLANET, and what they
are if they ARE risky, is a purposeful violation to someone who didn't choose
them (instead of a faultless natural risk). If they are not effective and not risky,
they're a waste of time, money, and resources. So... either way... I don't really like them.
What I REALLY don’t like is the idea that it’s ok to force people to force them
on their children. I've gone through the
process before of painstaking research into a medical practice that everyone
assumes is the best and MUST be good or it wouldn't be happening, only to find
a giant steaming pile of lies, profit, and defensive perpetuation of harm on
children; so I have no delusions about ethics in the business of medicine. We should never force people to accept a
treatment or intervention they believe could harm themselves or their child,
especially if the child is healthy.
There are too many factors at play, and too much money involved to just
forfeit choice in favor of the opinion of the people currently in power. If the “greater good” can usurp a person’s
right to refuse, then HOW LONG before doctors you have never met can decide on
YOUR healthcare for you? Let's not go there.
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