Posted on 09/15/2015 1:44:46 PM PDT by EveningStar
... Trump is antivaccine to the core. Dont believe me? Never heard this before? Oh, ye of little faith! Orac can back up this statement very easily. To begin, lets take a trip down memory lane. Donald Trump might be hip, happening, and now as far as the media is concerned because of his skill for making outrageous and often offensive statements so full of burning stupid as to threaten to singe the fabric of reality, but one thing that isnt frequently discussed is his long history of parroting antivaccine misinformation.
The first time I learned of Donald Trumps antivaccine proclivities was way back in 2007. What was he saying back then? This:
When I was growing up, autism wasnt really a factor, Trump said. And now all of a sudden, its an epidemic. Everybody has their theory. My theory, and I study it because I have young children, my theory is the shots. Weve giving these massive injections at one time, and I really think it does something to the children. ...
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He’s anti-abortion.
No, that would have been big news, with major class action lawsuits being filed everywhere you look.
And, it's not as if there have been so many cases of adverse reactions from seizures to dementia, and even death, that they had to establish a secret court to dole out damages and bind the victim families to silence, right? Right?
And certainly it's not as if a popular presidential candidate has stated that he is in favor of forced inoculation. Right?
Right?
A lot of people were asking this question at the time.
Good sign, IMO.
“My theory, and I study it because I have young children, my theory is the shots.”
Lol, sure, he “studies” it. Probably by reading the same whackjob blogs that the rest of the antivaxxers “study”.
Donald Trump, the FWD:FWD:Fw:Fwd candidate!
If it’s on the Internet, he believes it!
“Do you have the same statement if he is pro-abortion. “
Except he isn’t pro-abortion and hasn’t been since 2009
I am not a Trump fan, but I don’t think Trump is opposed to vaccines. I think he is opposed to giving so many at once, and to giving them all at such a young age.
IMHO, there are many valid reasons to oppose Trump, but this does not appear to be one of them.
Jenny McCarthy, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times on April 12, 2014:
I am not anti-vaccine. This is not a change in my stance nor is it a new position that I have recently adopted. For years, I have repeatedly stated that I am, in fact, pro-vaccine and for years I have been wrongly branded as anti-vaccine.
Jenny McCarthy to CNN on Sept. 26, 2007:
I mean moms and pregnant women are coming up to me on the street going, I dont know what to do. I dont know what to do. And I dont know what to tell them, because I am surely not going to tell anyone to vaccinate. But if I had another child, theres no way in hell.
That settles it. Jeb's my guy.
“This is the coordinated establishment attack...”
Did he not say the things he is quoted as saying???
He has the right approach!
What he said was true!
Our granddaughter came early.....only two and one half pounds....
Thr vaccine cocktail they wanted to give her was unreal!
We too found a doctor who delayed the shots.
“Wasnt it established some months ago, by the CDC, that vaccines caused autism?”
Umm, no.
Good one.
And that’s funny. I did the same thing with my own kids...
They have all their shots. We just didn’t hit ‘em with it all at once.
Many parents do it.
Is that a serious question? Because, no.
Fewer shots over a broader time period seems sensible to me. This “article” is garbage. It’s okay to not like Trump, but this is weak.
I think your decision was sound.
I didn't say he wasn't (he is this year anyway). I was simply pointing out that what candidates say and do gives us insight into what they are. Saying we should disregard statements and positions based on "he wouldn't have any say as President" is a cop out.
‘Science’ blogs...ROTFLMAOPIMP! The game here is ‘Show me the money!’
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