After seeing the hyperbole that is rampant today, I would like to publish a quick diary posting her real position on Vaccines.
Let me be clear. She is not against vaccinating children. That seems to be a huge misconception here and it's getting on my nerves. The fact that we have a top recommended diary suggesting that Jenny McCarthy is going to potentially kill children shows how much you guys don't know what she actually said about the topic.
After researching further Ms. McCarthy's views on vaccines, I'm shocked at the sensationalism behind the diary in question.
No one is saying that we shouldn't vaccinate our kids. I am troubled how many here on DKos have said this without knowing what Jenny McCarthy and others are really saying about vaccinations and autism.
So after doing some research, I figured it would be best to get the information straight from the horse's mouth, so-to-speak. I went to Ms. McCarthy's own website on the issue Generation Rescue.org and found the following:
Generation Rescue is an international movement of scientists, physicians and parent-volunteers researching the causes and treatments for autism and mentoring thousands of families in recovering their children from autism.
Again, an organization that is looking for causes and treatments for autism. Why is that bad?
So, I research further trying to find a link where Ms. McCarthy said specifically she was against vaccines. I found this:
We believe these neurological disorders ("NDs") are environmental illnesses caused by an overload of heavy metals, live viruses, and bacteria. Proper treatment of our children, known as "biomedical intervention", is leading to recovery for thousands.
The cause of this epidemic of NDs is extremely controversial. We believe the cause includes the tripling of vaccines given to children in the last 15 years (with unstudied ingredients like mercury, aluminum and live viruses); growing evidence also suggests that maternal toxic load and prenatal vaccines, heavy metals like mercury in our air, toxic ingredients in our water, pesticides; and the overuse of antibiotics are also implicated. Generation Rescue's mission is to support continued research on causative factors and treatment approaches for NDs.
Generation Rescue is a parent-founded, parent-led organization of more than 900 mentor families and leading researchers and clinicians from around the globe. Our mission is to continue to discover and share the truth with families about the potential cause of their child's NDs so they can focus on effective treatments.
Generation Rescue was recently deceived at a fundraising event. More details here.
(emphasis mine)
Again, not seeing anything saying that she is against vaccinations. And from the paragraph above, she isn't saying it's just vaccinations. She is saying that it could be, but also said that environmental factors could potentially be contributing. So instead of her saying "no shots for kids", what I gather is that she is only saying we need to not give so many shots at one time.
I'm not saying she's right, or I'm right or anyone's right. But why can't we look further than what we are being told? Why can't she ask these questions?
Why does that make her a monster?
Why does that make her someone who will "potentially kill children" with spreading out vaccines over a period of time, instead of all at once?
And the biggest question is: why all the hyperbole?