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MAN WHOSE DAUGHTER DIED FROM MEASLES STANDS BY FAILURE TO VACCINATE HER: "THE VACCINATION HAS STUFF WE DON’T TRUST" (futurism.com)

submitted 9 months ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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"EVERYBODY HAS TO DIE."

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[–] Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de 54 points 9 months ago (8 children)

"We don’t like the vaccinations, what they have these days. We heard too much, and we saw too much."

I want to know what he heard and saw about vaccines, and where he heard and saw it.

I think a lot of the issues in these extremely conservative communities is due to them being unable to rectify the contradictions between religious beliefs and the scientific method.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 32 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Probably has less to do with religion and more with not being able to distinguish between reputable and non reputable sources.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

if it's not from the church it's not reputable, and they're trained that way by the church from the moment they're kids.

[–] Talaraine@fedia.io 3 points 9 months ago

This. This has nothing to do with them reading reputable and non reputable sources. The Mennonites are extremely obedient to whomever their local leaders are, up to and including uprooting and leaving if they decide another location just needs more people. Not using vaccines when a lot of these folks aren't allowed to use the internet is not that much of a stretch.

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