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"if it turns out vaccines are linked to autism" I don't believe you, please show me some peer reviewed science instead of waiving around some ^hokey-pokey^ rub

"if it turns out vaccines are linked to autism" I don't believe you, please show me some peer reviewed science instead of waiving around some ^hokey-pokey^ rubbery belief.

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hammock 9y ago
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/if https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/if It seems you were making the argument that even if autism was linked to vaccines, the benefit would outweigh the cost. Now you are attacking me on a different point (that I didn't make)
bootload 9y ago
"It is unclear whether decisions people made about vaccination were influenced by their exposure to certain tweets and media, or whether they simply chose to inhabit an online community that reinforced their beliefs, a tension known as contagion versus homophile." [0] Interesting article on role of social media. Obviously you are a hard core, a non-fence sitter, so I'll ignore you. [0] http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/how-twitter-more-accurately-maps-vaccination-coverage-than-census-data-20170511-gw299i.html http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/how-twitter-more-accur...
- dang 9y ago
  We appreciate your many contributions to HN. But you've crossed into incivility in this thread. Would you please not do that, regardless of the other comments? Vaccines are also a classic flamewar topic that, unless there's something genuinely new to be said, are off-topic here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
  - bootload 9y ago
    "The bottom line is that when you add up all of the genetic risks, it looks like genetics can account for 50 percent of the risk for autism, which is very high,” -- David Amaral, an Autism specialist UC Davis MIND Institute. ~ https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/11/15508006/what-causes-autism-spectrum-disorder-vaccine-theory https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/11/15508006/wh... Yes you're write Dang. Incivility vs factual evidence. Maybe I should be more tactful.

"if it turns out vaccines are linked to autism" I don't believe you, please show me some peer reviewed science instead of waiving around some ^hokey-pokey^ rubbery belief.

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hammock 9y ago

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/if https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/if It seems you were making the argument that even if autism was linked to vaccines, the benefit would outweigh the cost. Now you are attacking me on a different point (that I didn't make)

bootload 9y ago

"It is unclear whether decisions people made about vaccination were influenced by their exposure to certain tweets and media, or whether they simply chose to inhabit an online community that reinforced their beliefs, a tension known as contagion versus homophile." [0] Interesting article on role of social media. Obviously you are a hard core, a non-fence sitter, so I'll ignore you. [0] http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/how-twitter-more-accurately-maps-vaccination-coverage-than-census-data-20170511-gw299i.html http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/how-twitter-more-accur...

dang 9y ago
We appreciate your many contributions to HN. But you've crossed into incivility in this thread. Would you please not do that, regardless of the other comments? Vaccines are also a classic flamewar topic that, unless there's something genuinely new to be said, are off-topic here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- bootload 9y ago
  "The bottom line is that when you add up all of the genetic risks, it looks like genetics can account for 50 percent of the risk for autism, which is very high,” -- David Amaral, an Autism specialist UC Davis MIND Institute. ~ https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/11/15508006/what-causes-autism-spectrum-disorder-vaccine-theory https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/11/15508006/wh... Yes you're write Dang. Incivility vs factual evidence. Maybe I should be more tactful.