> Vaccines contain tiny amounts of aluminum that are comparable to what infants ingest through breast milk or formula. During the first six months of life, babies receive about four milligrams of aluminum from vaccines, 10 milligrams from breast milk or 40 milligrams from regular formula.
This seems a bit disingenuous. There is a difference between eating something and injecting it into directly into your bloodstream.
I don't believe that it makes aluminum in vaccines dangerous, mind you. But I do believe that disingenuous claims (by officials, scientists, and journalists) are the reason the anti-vax movement has become so strong over the past 5 years.
tacitusarc•3mo ago
This is exactly true. Much of the scientific establishment has a hubris leading them to believe that small lies “for the public’s own good” are not just acceptable but moral.
Of course, when one of these are exposed the public trust degrades, and not just around that particular thing. The entire view of science as a worthwhile pursuit takes a hit.
And it should.
Every time “science” or “scientists” are referred to as a cohesive block, every time “trust” is used in the same breath as “science”, we turn humanity’s greatest tool for advancement into a religion.
thro1•3mo ago
They say Vaccines containing aluminum “are incredibly safe,”
tredre3•3mo ago
This seems a bit disingenuous. There is a difference between eating something and injecting it into directly into your bloodstream.
I don't believe that it makes aluminum in vaccines dangerous, mind you. But I do believe that disingenuous claims (by officials, scientists, and journalists) are the reason the anti-vax movement has become so strong over the past 5 years.
tacitusarc•3mo ago
Of course, when one of these are exposed the public trust degrades, and not just around that particular thing. The entire view of science as a worthwhile pursuit takes a hit.
And it should.
Every time “science” or “scientists” are referred to as a cohesive block, every time “trust” is used in the same breath as “science”, we turn humanity’s greatest tool for advancement into a religion.