You're right - we shouldn't celebrate alienating people who need help.
You're wrong, because there is no argument that can convince someone who doesn't care about evidence.
So, please forgive us our gallows humor about this. After all, these people are content in risking the health of MY child on their Jenny McCarthy-inspired HUNCH that vaccines are bad.
If anti-vaccine folks were only risking the health of their own children, their anti-science stance (or selective-science stance) would be tolerable. As it is, they're a menace.
You're right - we shouldn't celebrate alienating people who need help.
You're wrong, because there is no argument that can convince someone who doesn't care about evidence.
So, please forgive us our gallows humor about this. After all, these people are content in risking the health of MY child on their Jenny McCarthy-inspired HUNCH that vaccines are bad.
If anti-vaccine folks were only risking the health of their own children, their anti-science stance (or selective-science stance) would be tolerable. As it is, they're a menace.