Let's Talk Vaccine

So, I talk to people on both sides of the vaccine issue (if there is an issue) and what stands out is not their positions but how little thought they put into them. If people were Process thinkers and logical and coherent, I would have little to write about. It's like comedians when there's a good president like Obama ... nothing to say.

To understand the issue, let's look at both sides. The pro vax crowd wants everyone vaccinated because they feel like it is the socially responsible thing to do. Even though eating McDonalds is legal and teaching kids religion is legal, they believe controls should be in place for vaccinations. After all, its illegal to drive without a seatbelt, so there is a precedence for law.

The anti vax crowd, like the pro-life crowd (may be the same people), aren't arguing in the same way and about the same issue as their opposition. They believe random and incoherent things that make a simple "choice" argument hard to see. They seem to believe that their news sources are credible, which, if they believe all news is skewed, seems odd. They believe that the vaccine can give you the illness, that the vaccines are toxic and dangerous, etc. Some merely believe they have a right to say no to it - which is really the only non-conspiracy reason I've heard.

Let's look at how illogical the anti-vax crowd is. They believe there are scientists and politicians intentionally filling the vaccine with dangerous chemicals and, perhaps, with tracking devices. Really? You mean that the secret cabal has decided to use a vaccine that half the country refuses to take to poison mainly the ones that refuse to take it? If they wanted to poison the Republicans they would put it in McDonalds fries or Chic Fil-a. In addition, they could put tracking devices in antibiotics and achieve greater coverage.

Also, let's not stop there. Who is the secret cabal? The Dems? Okay, so the Dems have a secret mission to poison or implant vaccines in the population by doing it only to themselves? So, if the Right is not taking the vaccine, what is the point of the secret cabal using vaccines. Seems they could put it in Jesus wafers and get much better coverage and, I might add, target the Pro-life Republicans.

Which brings me to my point. The Left should probably stop blowing the virus reaction out of proportion, I get that, but for once (twice, Pro-life) the real problem is the Right. Sorry. They are so uneducated and irrational that it becomes a more telling behavior when they hold irrational conspiracy theories as if they are important and real. Are they thinking about the above two things at all? It didn't take me long to come up with the two arguments against conspiracy vaccinations.

I get that everyone is anti-philosophy (me too) but really? If logic tells you otherwise and logic is what saves your life (pre-science) then maybe you should think for a moment. Are there ideas in this "theory" that can be shown to be ridiculous even without appeal to facts and research?

The secret cabal is out to get you by inventing a virus, inventing a vaccine, and controlling you for what purpose? All this virus does is make all government look inefficient. It makes all media look biased and superficial. Nobody wins. There can be no benefit. Any mistakes you see are random mistakes by illogical people. Most large conspiracy theories are just that, unjustified guesses, because there is not enough intelligence in social and political groups to maintain them. They can't even balance a budget. They can't stop a market crash or a fake virus.

That's how I see the vaccine. I'll take the vaccine no problem. I don't need it (knock on wood for the millionth time) but I have no problem taking it. I have never been sick and have nothing to complain about other than the stupidity on this issue (and free speech and pro-choice). I don't believe big Science is out to get me, or that big government (assuming any competence ) is out to get me and conspire against me, I really just believe a bunch of people think they are doing what they think is right and most of them have so little expertise in anything that my electrician can now charge $1200 an hour.