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June 12, 2008

Thursday

Write about unhealthy skepticism.

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David: They Get To Everyone Eventually

“I don’t know. I’ve heard some pretty bad things about vaccines.”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

“They cause autism. And sometimes you wind up getting sick from the vaccine when you might have been able to avoid coming into contact with the virus altogether.”

“You cannot be serious.”

“Also, I heard that in Africa they tell people they’re giving them vaccines when they’re actually injecting them with AIDS. That’s why one person in ten has AIDS over there.”

“I don’t believe this.”

“What? That I don’t accept what ‘the scientific community’ tells me without question?”

“But, Dr. Salk....”

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