Everything You Need to Know (And Forget) About Vaccines

Vaccines have been a pretty hot issue for decades now, and increasingly so with the rollout of the new COVID vaccines. But must they be? What do the detractors say about vaccines, and do their points have any legitimacy? Let's cut through some of them and show how they amount to chemophobia at best, and lies perpetuated from con men at worst. If you are one who has ever lent credence to figures like Andrew Kaufman or Andrew Wakefield, please watch this, as those men and many others are lining their pockets with the lies they've told you. Just 30 minutes of easy-to-understand explanations will help anyone see that, regardless of prior education.

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[exesion]

My autistic son watched this with me when I was relaxing after work last week.

My son; "...and they call me the dumb one? Wait... so if I already have autism... and I get a vaccine... do I get skill points?"

I about fell out of my chair. Thanks for the good memories man. Keep up the good work.

[anthonyconigliaro]

As a retired soldier, if we could tag our soldiers with microscopic chips to find them, we would have done it. If we can't tag soldiers, why would the medical profession be interested in tagging you?

[DonnieDGaming]

Ive literally heard someone say, "I can smell a fart through my pants so how is a mask gonna help"
Depressing...

[shreyvarad]

Hey dave! As an engineering student, I can confirm that whoever says that a syringe has a microchip on the end is full of shit. It's mostly to do with how transistors work and how small they are today. You may know this, but I am only saying it for the sake of clarity. The simple fact is that transistors are already so small that they are subject to quantum tunnelling. And these microchips that we use for our electronics, while quite small, are nowhere small enough for the syringe. It is nearly impossible for them to be any smaller.

[DaemonLlama]

As a parent of a child with Autism, I'm grateful for your simple explanation of the "vaccine causes autism" I'd read up on it upon my son's diagnosis, as people were telling me I'd caused his autism by vaccinating him. The problem is the signs of autism start to appear around the same time certain immunizations are due. It really is sad we have access to more information than ever before, but are too stupid to know what to do with it.

[SeasemeStreetz]

I don't know if you realize how impactful content like this is, but my s/o had major vaccine hesitancy. I showed them this video and it definitely quelled a lot of those fears they had. So thank you for this.

[DarkPlaysThings]

The only (sad) problem with videos like this is that no matter how much care, dedication, research and effort that is put into them, the ones who are listening aren't the ones who need to hear it the most. Those who would actually benefit from this information will just pull out the requisite "ur bad, science bad, me smarter science man because Facebook tell me magic crystal heal disease, so vaccine poison" card, and ignore any actual evidence. That said, even if they never reach those who need it most, I personally still love your videos. Keep em coming, Prof.!

[alyshamcalpine]

as an autistic adult, thank you professor dave for making videos like this! it’s so frustrating seeing people think that my neurotype is such a terrible thing that they would negate protecting their children from diseases to try and avoid it.

[MrStockoHMK]

“Yeah I respect your opinion, but I read a post on Facebook....”

[jennyrosedeleon]

a little bit of skepticism is healthy.
but just like with everything else, overdosing makes it harmful. (Toxic Skepticism?)

[meaker]

It's a shame that this stuff even needs to be debunked...

[fuzzyeggy]

Hey Dave, long time viewer. I know this won't get a reply since I'm not some insane rambling idiot, but I appreciate you man. Every video of yours, I see you taking time out of your day and interacting with comments for videos over a year old. Gotta love your dedication to calling out stupidity and pushing critical thinking. Hope your weekend is good man

[Lwehdij]

Your ability to relentlessly pump out debunks, high quality education, and deep cuts always impresses me

[billyhughes]

"....one would presume that any carbon containing compound, like say sugar, must be a diamond." -- LOLOL!

[iloveplasticbottles]

As an autistic person, the fact that people would rather have dead children than autistic ones irks me.

[berniethekiwidragon]

19:13 An oven was utilised to make your pizza. Antivaxxer logic: The pizza contains parts of the oven.

[jamesbarnum]

Thanks for all the great info. I do think leaving out the lack of culpability for vaccine manufacturers is a problem as well as the long history of pharmaceutical companies settling lawsuits for false claims and misrepresentation without a single CEO ever going to jail.

[astro]

i found this channel called spirit science... it’s so insane i wouldn’t be recommending it for a video... except it has over a million subscribers and they’re probably the most bat shit crazy theories i’ve ever heard

[luissamour]

As an autistic person, I can say with certainty that my condition and vaccines are not correlated, and the fact that parents would rather have children dying from measles than have autistic children is delusional.

[rimabotulinumb]

Hey Professor, I really love your videos and your way of explaining complex subjects in a way the public understands them. I just would like to add about the myocarditis problem of Moderna vaccines, since I was personally affected by it. I'm with you, that vaccines do have side effects, but the benefits outweigh them by far. But I still think we should talk about the side effects and not deny their existence, this only hurts those affected and gives the wackjobs a talking point. So here goes my personal story, read if you want :)
I got my second shot of the Moderna vaccine after receiving AstraZeneca for the first. After two days I started having chest pain and my left arm went partially numb. In the hospital blood tests showed a highly elevated troponin level, indicating damage to my heart muscle. The levels went down after 2 days and I did not experience any severe longterm damage, but still experience chest pain when exercising and in stressful situations due to scarring. I don't like to talk about it to friends and colleagues because most either think I'm a antiscience idiot or I find out that they are.