This cat fight over vaccines is a serious debate
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Posted by Veronica Arreola October 8th, 2008 |
As a parent the issue of whether or not to vaccinate is quite a complex decision. As someone with a scientific background and public health professionals dotting my friends & coworker scene, I went with vaccination. The debate over whether or not vaccinations cause autism in children is heated, but I weighed that threat with the overall threat of not-vaccinating and went with vaccinations. That’s why when I read about the latest round in the Jenny McCarthy & Amanda Peet debate on vaccinations in the Chicago Tribune last week, I was floored.
Former Playboy Playmate Jenny McCarthy and actress Amanda Peet are publicly feuding over the safety of childhood vaccines. Who says there’s nothing sexy about inoculations?
The debate over vaccines is a serious issue and does not deserve to be sexualized.
After some serious discussion about the issue, Peet, a mom who decided to vaccinate and believes in it versus McCarthy, a mom with an autistic son who believes that vaccinations are the cause, the Tribune ends with another jab at sexuality:
Too bad the Wall Street bailout debate is devoid of celebrity combatants. Just imagine how spicy it would be if Heidi Klum was ripping Kate Hudson for her stance on credit default swaps.
Me-OW!
I somehow doubt that if two Hollywood dads were feuding over something I doubt that it would be sexualized. There is enough drama surrounding the debate to on whether to vaccinate or not to vaccinate, whether vaccines causes autism, and how much we can trust medical societies.
October 10th, 2008 16:11
Great, smart post!
Me-ow? Pul-eeze…
October 11th, 2008 20:34
Thanks!
October 13th, 2008 07:36
Thank you Roni for putting this in real context!
October 16th, 2008 09:15
thanks Jane!
October 21st, 2008 23:10
For a while they actually put mercury in vaccines to make them last longer. This unfortunately turned lots of people off, they didn’t want toxic heavy metals in their systems for good reason. Mercury poisoning is not in anyone’s plan.
This was a legitimate concern.
Also, rumors and accounts of vaccines being used to test things on the population by the military have been leaked here and there throughout the years. That certainly would contribute to people being afraid of getting that mumps shot in the arm.