but are you going to get the vaccine, Dominic?
KS
2009/11/13 Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]>
> It seems to be part of the cultural package surrounding vaccination
> that any new vaccine, particularly one introduced on a large scale in
> order to suppress a potential epidemic, quickly becomes the subject of
> anti-vaccination narratives along these lines. Such narratives
> compellingly draw together the anxieties and resentments we have about
> science, government and big business, and make them personal and
> somatic. Science, government and big business are going to put
> something in your body, whether you like it or not, that will probably
> harm you. (Flouride in the water supply!). The scientists are doing it
> because they're arrogant (boo to people who think they know better
> than us). The government are doing it because they're trying to set a
> precedent for other things they want to impose on us in future (boo to
> people who try to push us around). Big business are doing it because
> they want to make a lot of money selling vaccine drugs (boo to people
> who try to get rich off of us). Once you know the template, it's
> fairly easy to fill in the details for new-vaccine-X.
>
> I believe the smallpox vaccine/African AIDS-connection story is still
> the biggest shark in this pool.
>
> Dominic
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