Vaccines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

I have autism, and whenever I hear that "vaccines cause autism so I'm not vaccinating my kids" argument, it's hurtful, because what they're actually saying, maybe without even realizing it, is: "I would rather have my child die and put hundreds of other people at risk, than have an autistic child"

I was born in 1951. The measles vaccine wasn’t developed until 1963. I got measles as did many of my friends. One friend ended up with heart damage and another went deaf. So you bet my kids were vaccinated on schedule. For everything.

As someone on the Autism spectrum, I’m insulted that people would rather have their kids die slowly and painfully from preventable illnesses than have them be Autistic.

I love how this is relevant again because human stupidity is an endless cycle of hell.

My mom didn’t vaccinate me, I am proud to say as of today I’m fully vaccinated. I’m 24.

I remember my science teacher used to wear a shirt that said: Got Polio? Me neither. Thanks science!

When I was in elementary school, a new kid came to our class. We were all told in class his name, where he came from, and what he was going through. He was fighting an aggressive leukemia, and in order to keep him healthy and allowed to play and work along side with us, we had to wear paper masks and wash our hands according to the bell (she had an alarm clock set on her desk for it). If we did not feel well, tell our parents before coming to school, and if we had a fever, arrangements would be made if we were unable to stay home. This was also sent home and had to be signed by our parents and at Open House it was re-explained to everyone at once so we all understood. Everybody followed the rules. He stayed healthy (and beat it, he is 38 years old today). Nobody complained. End of story. What the hell happened to common decency in the USA?

"Tiny children are not horses." Well fk, I'm now overwhelmed by the monumental task of having to dismantle my entire tiny kid racing operation..

I’m autistic and I can tell you that it’s better than being dead, deaf or blind (I’m just blind to social cues😄) (That is not to say that deaf/blind people are any lesser than others, I MEAN NO OFFENCE)

I didn't like the remarks about fish. Many of them are actually schooled.

So many talk shows age like milk but Oliver consistently ages like wine

Just a reminder that we don't need a "cure" for autism.

Why did the antivaxxers 3 year old kid start crying? Mid-life crisis.

Man, today was a good day! Woke up, didn't get polio, didn't contract measles, didn't die of an easily preventable disease. SO LIT!

In an amazing ironic twist, my parents didn't give me the MMR when I was a kid (they were worried about crohns disease mostly) and yet I still ended up with autism lmao

"I don't know who to ask." YOUR PEDIATRICIAN!!! THE PERSON WHO WENT TO FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE AND THEN FOUR YEARS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THEN THREE YEARS OF RESIDENCY SPECIFICALLY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE THIS!!!!!!

My brother was fully vaccinated by my step father from day one and has had maybe a dozen minor illnesses and has never been hospitalised. I on the other hand was never vaccinated, I was a lotus birth and I was breastfed till I was four, I've had tonsilitis, 2 lung infections(because my mother refused to believe that I needed antibiotics), chicken pox, endometriosis, and a dozen major issues over the years, including being hospitalised as a 2yo baby because I got a cut that my mother never cleaned or managed because it "had to heal naturally" and it turned into a major infection that almost killed me. Vaccinate your damn kids.

Okay, so my English class is very divided. The kids in there are either fairly liberal or fairly conservative, so it is RARE that we agree on anything. When our teacher mentioned that she didn't vaccinate her kid, we all united to make fun of her and it was amazing.

My grandma brings up her friend from childhood who contracted polio, and always expresses how lucky she and her sisters were that they never caught it. She can't understand vaccine hesitancy when it saved so many lives.

I have autism. Sure it makes some aspects of life more difficult for me and others need more support than I do but it isn’t something that can be “prevented.” Parents shouldn’t blame themselves or anything else for it. They should love and support their child unconditionally to make sure they have a happy and healthy life.