re: #13 Macker

Since these anti-vaxers are this stupid, perhaps the herd has to be culled so.

If Jenny McCarthy developed smallpox tomorrow, I would be handing out candy in the streets in celebration.

Unfortunately, it isn’t the adults who would be culled, maimed or even wised up by these diseases. It would be their children suffering because of their parent’s stupidity.

I see little difference here between the anti-vax morons and the Christian Scientists who believe they can make their children better by praying away their diabetes, meningitis or leukemia. In those cases, it is commonplace for a judge to brush aside such stupidity and order treatment for the child. The same thing ought to be done if parents refuse to vaccinate their children.

Failing that, keep their kids out of my school and away from my kids.

And, just to round out my rant, the Feds ought to be taking the lead on this through intensive advertising and education programs. Instead of flogging the illusory severity of Swine Flu before it has even been ascertained how severe the disease is, the CDC and the Surgeon General’s Office ought to be hammering this home at every opportunity, with visits to schools and workplaces, TV and radio spots, and additional educational campaigns aimed at the pediatric community.

Because this is Just. Fucking. Stupid. There’s no other word for it. Except, in Jenny McCarthy’s case, the one that starts with a “C”.

OK, I better stop now. I’m going to go take deep, relaxing breaths for a while.