James O’Brien taking down the anti-vaxxer brigade is 2 minutes very well spent

John Plunkett. Updated April 25th, 2019

The disturbing influence of the anti-vaxxer brigade was laid bare today with statistics showing that half a million children in the UK aren’t vaccinated against measles, and 170m worldwide.

Which makes this James O’Brien takedown even more important.

Just beautifully done.

“I will not be taking calls from anybody seeking to defend the anti-vaccination position. Because it is an anti-life position that you’ve adopted.

“You are pro-disease, you are pro-death, you are pro-misery and you are pro-contagion.

“I’m really sorry if those words hurt and I could not be more sympathetic to your pain if your child has been diagnosed with a condition that you can’t understand or accept.

“But I will not be taking calls today because there are not two sides. There’s only one. And that side is science.”

And this response says it all.

Listening to @mrjamesob talking about anti-vaxxers.

Please refer to them as vaccine DENIERS, not sceptics.

Same as 9/11 deniers and climate change deniers.

Skepticism is a scientific outlook reserving acceptance of a proposition in proportion to the available evidence.

— Edinburgh Skeptics Society (@edskeptics) April 25, 2019

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