'You don’t even have a clue what’s the cost of getting a vaccine.'

Sorry, can’t find any better sources for this.

The animator then asked Maher what the “downside” of “getting a vaccine” was, which caused the comedian to go on an anti-vax tirade.

“The fact that you the fact that you don’t even have a clue what’s the cost of getting a vaccine that you don’t know the answer to that. You completely want to shut your eyes to the fact that there are repercussions to all medical interventions, including a vaccine, all vaccines,” he ranted. “They come, they say side effects, just like every medication does. You can see it in the literature. They can’t write it on their back on the vaccine. So you have to dig them. And of course, there is a vaccine court because so many people have been injured.”

  • Waldowal@lemmy.world
    331·
    10 months ago

    But what about Dr. Chiropractor on Facebook that says that vaccines actually change your DNA?: “Through the RNA transcriptase of the aortic Golgi bodies?”. He’s a doctor. Those are big words. Plus, it involves me being victimized by a shadowy organization. It must be true!

    • Riskable@programming.devEnglish
      391·
      10 months ago

      Chiropractors are not doctors. They’re scam artists.

      Cracking your back might make you relax your muscles and as a result feel less pain for a short time but medically, it’s of no more benefit than taking a hot bath.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
        162·
        10 months ago

        My wife’s cousin was married to a woman (and he still brings her to family functions for some reason) who worked for her chiropractor father. She always calls him a doctor and it annoys the fuck out of me.

      • Umbraveil@lemmy.world
        27·
        10 months ago

        Ah, good ol’ perpetuation of bullshit.

        Just like in Western medicine, sure, there exists a handful of quack Chiro’s that give the profession a bad name. And many who have not evolved with the research.

        Modern Chiro’s are not just focused on spinal manipulation. They incorporate a diverse set of techniques, including a lot of PT rehabilitation overlap.

        However… Some of us do require that temporary relief that only an adjustment can provide. I myself joint disorders that lead to an uncomfortable increase of pressure that needs release. I can pretty much ‘pop’ nearly every bone in my body. I hate it, but that’s how my body is. They are all different. Chiro’s have a place, maybe they don’t work for you, but they are Doctors, and for many of us, they provide relief that others cannot.

        • phillaholic@lemm.ee
          2·
          10 months ago

          It’s the Vitamins of Medical Practices. There’s no proof it works, but if you feel like it does, you do you.

    • No_Eponym@lemmy.ca
      102·
      10 months ago

      How the fuck do we still have quacks that are allowed to be called Dr. in this day and age? The Catholic fucking church is advocating for acceptance of gay marriage, is funding science, and is making other rational decisions, and our politicians and bureaucrats are like, “Well, let’s preserve bone pooping popping and expensive water in our medical system!”

      Edit: a word

      • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
        52·
        10 months ago

        The Catholic Church has always supported education, science, and the arts. They didn’t like Galileo because of the Inquisition (it was nuts), not because of any actual reasons. After that died down the celebrated him as a hero.

        bone pooping and expensive water in our medical system!

        Dafuq?

        • foo@lemmy.caEnglish
          111·
          10 months ago

          Chiropractic (bone popping) and Homeopathy are my guesses

        • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
          51·
          10 months ago

          I think he meant popping, then again given some of these folks into quakery its entirely possible at least one of them has shit out a bit of bone. They drink bleach for fucks sake.

      • Muehe@lemmy.ml
        2·
        10 months ago

        How the fuck do we still have quacks that are allowed to be called Dr. in this day and age?

        Well the answer to that is rather multifaceted, but a few significant patterns seem to emerge:

        • Ambiguous use of “Doctor” as an academic title in general and “Doctor” for the title “Medicinae Doctor” specifically. This just confuses a lot of people.
        • “Paper mill” universities, selling “degrees” for money basically.
        • Adjacent to that, recognition of foreign degrees. It is worth noting here that this is largely a legitimate process which is just occasionally abused, specifically by paper mills.
        • Semi-adjacent to that, variance in title laws by jurisdiction. What education is allowing whom to bear which protected title under which circumstances is very different from country to country.
        • Regulatory capture, aka “I will create my own degree, with Blackjack and Hookers”. Several branches of medicine considered by many to be pseudo-scientific have managed to get themselves actual academic degrees recognised in several jurisdictions. For example the “Doctor of Chiropractic”, or D.C. for short, is a recognised and protected academic title in many countries.

        Is there a solution to all this? Not really. I guess educating the general public on the significance of academic titles could help, better global alignment in title laws as well. Preventing pseudo-sciences, or whatever someone considers as such, from establishing their own branches of science and academic titles seem highly dangerous though. Just think what this would imply for gender studies in the current political climate for example. Pseudo-science is just the price science has to pay for freedom of research, and when it bore theology being a branch since its inception than it will survive the D.C. as well.