Anti-vaxxers caught on hidden camera: ‘Measles is a harmless disease, so give your kids sugar pills’

[progressoid]

-- Cross posted in Health --

In a recent report from CBC’s Market Place, anti vaccine hysteria isn’t just a phenomenon in the affluent neighborhoods of Southern California and the East Coast, its termites have also spread to North America, namely Canada, eh.

Using hidden cameras, undercover reporters visited several Canadian homeopathic practitioners who reassured parents that measles and other highly contagious diseases are really no biggie, and aren’t worth the risks (all debunked, but who cares?) that vaccines pose.

Estimates suggest that up to 40% of Canadian 7-year-olds are not up to date on their vaccines.

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In the report, one homeopath said that vaccines are risky because “Babies are getting too much stimulation of their immature immune systems,” while another explained that measles “is really not a dangerous disease,” and yet another adding that if a child is over 1 year-old, “then [measles] is actually a fairly harmless disease.”

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...http://deadstate.org/anti-vaxxers-caught-on-hidden-camera-measles-is-a-harmless-disease-so-give-your-kids-sugar-pills/

[AlbertCat]

1. It's Ok.... Let 'em suffer a little!

Homeopath crap should be illegal anyway.

[drm604]

2. These anti-vaccination people are dangerous.

[Archae]

3. Yes. Including Robert F Kennedy Jr.

He may have some good liberal credentials, but his anti-vaxx stands make him an asshole.

[kickysnana]

4. I am guessing that no hidden camera was nessecary and the proper term is idiots.

But we have been creating and nurturing those since 1980 so it should not be surprising they are around.

[LeftishBrit]

5. Hidden camera? I thought these nutters proudly promoted their views

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/anti-vaccine-message-from-some-naturopaths-raises-concerns-1.2609717

Canada has an organization called Vaccine Risk Awareness Network, which campaigns against vaccinations.