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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-03-25 06:40 pm

[ SECRET POST #2274 ]


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Re: I don't understand all the hate

(Anonymous) 2013-03-26 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
There are federal laws in place about this and other medical misinformation. Local authorities can only charge at their level for things like loitering and harassment, but they can then call in the appropriate federal authorities who can in turn charge the offender(s) with a multitude of things ranging from mayhem to biomedical terrorism.

She can believe that all she wants, she can have private conversations and meetings about it; she cannot distribute the misinformation to the general public. Facts =/= opinions. This isn't a free speech issue; it's a health issue that is directly responsible for deaths. If she handed that flyer to someone who then doesn't vaccinate their child and that child dies of measles or mumps, or if someone else catches it from that child and they die, she can be charged with murder.

I'm wondering now if maybe I didn't make myself clear from the outset. The people here who pass out these flyers and make speeches at places like grocery stores and shopping centers aren't phrasing any of this as opinions. They are claiming that it is a proven fact and citing "Dr. Wakefield" as the source. He's been stripped of his medical license in the UK and been denied one in every other country where he's applied for one (USA, Canada, and India) and it isn't fact. And it is illegal in Texas and all of America to restate his claims as facts.

Re: I don't understand all the hate

(Anonymous) 2013-03-26 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
Ever consider printing your own fliers detailing the career and malpractice of Wakefield, including the fact that no-longer-a-doctor-at-all, etc., and distributing them in public places (as opposed to on private property)?

Re: I don't understand all the hate

(Anonymous) 2013-03-26 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
DA

Truthfully I completely agree with you,. I wish there was some kind of way to deal with these people that wouldn't turn them into heroes or martyrs. Screaming about 1st amendment right or freedom of religion or whatever this particular group hides behind..

I wish they could some how be held accountable for the damages they cause, but they never are, and I truly have no idea how they even could be.