[–] daskapitalist [S] 1 point 4 points 5 points (+5|-1) ago
Just like cancer. We're not all dying from diseases, wars, and starvation anymore, so we live long enough to show symptoms of genetic flaws and uncontrolled cellular division.
[–] GreatDrok 1 point 5 points 6 points (+6|-1) ago (edited ago)
Cancer is a good example since we can key the immune system against cancer cells allowing it to kill them and leave healthy cells alone. There have now been several cases of immunotherapy causing complete remission of metastasised cancer and what else is immunotherapy? Vaccination.
[–] Gamio 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
You know viruses have been known to tinker with genes? Not suggesting there is a connection between vaccines its just viruses are very well known to have effects on individual genes.
All you ever have to tell someone who is anti vax is to look up congenital rubella, there is evidence that the rubella virus tinkers with genes responsible for producing a protein that suppresses tumors. If a vaccination is somehow responsible for unintentionally editing a gene or whatever it should be looked into, still as you say its not a good enough reason to stop vaccinating children, looking at congenital rubella and how badly it could fuck up your grand kids is more than enough reason to vaccinate.
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