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[phinnia]

Today we ALMOST went to the children's museum! we did actually meet tiggrrl and her sweet little sproglet, but we got horribly lost before that and the wheelchair for some reason didn't charge and AUGH. but we did get to have snacks together. and we're going to attempt the park next week (here's hoping.)

clickies:

All of these I think I've seen more than once on my flist; i just forget who.

Jennifer Mather, squid psychologist.

interview with terry pratchett about his alzheimer's and his best work.

This one is especially important to me because it's a HUGE pet peeve of mine: the founder of the antivaccine movement faked the autism/vaccine link. I know there are a few legitimate reasons for not vaccinating or for delaying vaccinating (egg allergies, bad reactions to previous vaccines, kids with immune system problems) but the majority of kids get more benefit than not. (not to mention that bloody woman (Jenny McCarthy i think her name is) that was on Oprah or whatever show it was claiming that she cured her son and blahblah about vaccines are so bad and they caused the kid's autism? she's a former playboy bunny. she does not have an ounce of medical training. and yet people are willing to take her word on this.)

(sorry. i just really hate the whole thing. hatehatehate. it's like giving children raw milk instead of pasturized. there's a reason kids used to die in the middle ages.)

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[euclase.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Humanity is spoiled. And also apparently very forgetful. Because smallpox and polio are SO MUCH MORE AWESOME than autism. Especially smallpox. "I would trader autism for smallpox any day, and so would any parent of an autistic child" (quote I heard once on TV--I think Larry King live, actually).

WOULD YOU REALLY? REALLY?

Ugh. Wtf. Middle ages, indeed.

[tiggrrl.livejournal.com]

I'd venture to guess these are not people who know about the, "and then their entire skin sloughed off and their intestines came out their anus and they died in miserable pain," aspects of smallpox. My guess is these are people of the, "smallpox must be just a little worse than chicken pox," variety.