So, my an online american friend said"My mom didn’t want to vaccine vax cuzs autism". Is he joking? I know many people say thing like that but i thought they all were joking?
In my country which is a third world country no one believe shit like that even my Grand mother who is illiterate and religious don’t believe thing like that and knows the benefit of vaccine.
…therefore vaccines cause autism?
Therefore the advice of the CDC can’t be trusted.
I trust the CDC. I wish others would too.
I lost people I love to all of this anti-vax bullshit.
As part of my grief journey, I tried to understand.
And now I’m not inclined to mock those who mistrust the CDC.
Mocking them won’t bring my loved ones back, and it won’t save anyone else’s loved ones.
Their experience is different than mine, but it’s real to them.
We either talk about ways to rebuild that trust, or we accept that we’re going to keep losing loved ones. I choose not to accept it. It’s not easy, and it requires trying to understand their world and their hurts. But I’ve lost enough people, it’s worth it to me.
That’s part of the explanation for these people.