Comments on: Vaccine wars http://www.amykbell.com/topics-of-interest-to-me/vaccine-wars/ This is my portfolio site and (sometimes) blog. Take a look around! Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:40:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Amy (author) http://www.amykbell.com/topics-of-interest-to-me/vaccine-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Amy (author) Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:51:39 +0000 http://www.amykbell.com/?p=175#comment-6 As long as it stays within the framework of well-researched, principled scientific debate, arguments for and against vaccines are entirely appropriate. But an inherent opposition to expert knowledge is ignorant and distressing. Thanks for linking this article! I've boasted before that my mom had three of her kids without using any anesthesia...but why? It's 'tough'? She's more of a Mother than others who wanted epidurals? So that culture vs. chemistry issue is still alive, in a way... As long as it stays within the framework of well-researched, principled scientific debate, arguments for and against vaccines are entirely appropriate. But an inherent opposition to expert knowledge is ignorant and distressing.

Thanks for linking this article! I’ve boasted before that my mom had three of her kids without using any anesthesia…but why? It’s ‘tough’? She’s more of a Mother than others who wanted epidurals? So that culture vs. chemistry issue is still alive, in a way…

]]> By: H http://www.amykbell.com/topics-of-interest-to-me/vaccine-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-5 H Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:12:45 +0000 http://www.amykbell.com/?p=175#comment-5 Given the complexity of modern medicine, I think some skepticism and care is apt, so I understand your reluctance to describe the opposition against vaccination as a bunch of hocus pokus. However, as Al Roth recently remarked, Anesthesia was once repugnant. http://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2009/06/anesthesia-was-once-repugnant.html Given the complexity of modern medicine, I think some skepticism and care is apt, so I understand your reluctance to describe the opposition against vaccination as a bunch of hocus pokus. However, as Al Roth recently remarked, Anesthesia was once repugnant.

http://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2009/06/anesthesia-was-once-repugnant.html

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