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RE: Vaccines Are The Single Most Effective Medical Treatment Ever Invented
Holy fuck I can't believe some of the comments in reaction to this. The infographic says it all, it totally wouldnt be worth gathering evidence.
Anti-vaxxers will to continue to cite some increases in birth defects which are insubstantial. and correlative data (not hard data they think, not even close). Even if true the benefits to vaccine far outweigh the risks. Maybe I'll find some dead children caused by anti-vaxxers. Since emotional 'evidence' works on for anti-vaxxers above all it seems
I dont get shocked by much but anti-vaxxers I def find shocking,
Infographics usually say nothing of value.
You might find that the correlations between the mass adoption of vaccination and the lower rates of disease are more than a bit overblown. Improvements in sanitation, hygiene, and nutrition are much closer to the fact of the decline in the prevalence of these diseases. A look at other diseases, for which there are no vaccines helps to illustrate this.
'Dead children caused by anti-vaxxers' is an appeal to emotion, specifically an appeal to fear, which you hilariously follow up with an accusation of those not in agreement with you of being emotional.
I do not think there is a specific 'appeal to shock', but appeal to personal incredulity seems to cover the last statement.
Do you have any actual arguments?