Christie clarifies comments on measles vaccine, calls for ‘balance’

[The Minsky Moment]

The comment on the TTIP is also confusing.  First how has Obama been ineffective as a negotiator?  Second isn't the implication that Obama is letting the Yuros walk all over him - why would he make that point while in Europe?

[Martinus]

Politician panders to ignorant cretins by embracing anti-scientific position. Film at 11.

Next thing we know, we will have a politician professing a belief in a deity.

[MadImmortalMan]

Christie got unpopular in the GOP as soon as he started showing he could be reasonable.

[MadImmortalMan]

Looky




Yes, that's Chris Christie.

[DGuller]

Where's the rest of him?

[Jacob]

Apparently Christie has been courting anti-vaccine votes since at least 2009: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/chris-christie-expressed-concern-about-vaccine-autism-link-09

[jimmy olsen]

Ugh... just terrible

[Zanza]

The comment on the TTIP is also confusing.  First how has Obama been ineffective as a negotiator?  Second isn't the implication that Obama is letting the Yuros walk all over him - why would he make that point while in Europe?

Christie should read how Europeans see TTIP. The general notion here is that the Americans are walking all over us...

[Zanza]

No...that's a pretty fucking stupid thing to say, man.

TABLE 13–1.
Comparison of Twentieth Century Annual Morbidity* and Current Morbidity of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases of Children in the United States

DISEASE                      TWENTIETH CENTURY ANNUAL MORBIDITY              2000†                     PERCENTAGE  DECREASE
Smallpox                                       48,164                                                 0                           100
Diphtheria                                     175,885                                                4                           99.99
Measles                                        503,282                                                81                          99.98
Mumps                                         152,209                                                323                         99.80
Pertussis                                      147,271                                                6755                       95.40
Polio (paralytic)                              16,316                                                0                              100
Rubella                                          47,745                                                152                          99.70
Congenital rubella syndrome                823                                                7                            99.10
Tetanus                                           1314                                                 26                           98.00
Haemophilus influenzae type b         20,000                                               167                         99.10

________________________________

*Typical average during the 3 years before vaccine licensure.
†Provisional data

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/guides-pubs/downloads/vacc_mandates_chptr13.pdf

Wow, if there was ever a successful policy it must be this. Which other policy has a 99+% success rate? You must be really stupid to be against this. 

[viper37]

You must be really stupid to be against this. 

there's a 100% correlation between people receiving the vaccine and dying later in their life.  Scary

[Zanza]

You must be really stupid to be against this. 

there's a 100% correlation between people receiving the vaccine and dying later in their life.  Scary

There are millions alive that got the vaccine. For all we know, one of them could be the first immortal. 

[Martinus]

I wish people who refuse to vaccinate their children were summarily executed. Do you guys know any idiots like that personally?

[MadImmortalMan]

Not that I know of.

[Admiral Yi]

I had one karaoke buddy, an ex-stripper who married a dot-head from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, who was arguing with her hubby in favor of not vaccinating.  Don't know what they settled on.  My guess is she gave in.

[Razgovory]

You should marry an Ex-Stripper.