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Re:Don't tell people to turn off Windows Update by atemerev on Monday May 15, 2017 @07:25AM (#14340738)
> I love the way he's compared the people who tell you to turn off auto-updates with anti-vaxxers; it's quite an apt analogy.

No, it isn't. Anti-vaxxers think that vaccines are harmful (or useless). Most users think security updates are important, they just don't want to be interrupted.

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Re:Don't tell people to turn off Windows Update by _pmf_ on Monday May 15, 2017 @07:45AM (#14340813)
> Anti-vaxxers think that vaccines are harmful (or useless).

Vaccines are harmful; it's just that the positive effects vastly shadow the negative effects in the general case.

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Re:Don't tell people to turn off Windows Update by atemerev on Monday May 15, 2017 @08:07AM (#14340918)
You are technically correct (everything is harmful, and vaccine application is probably associated with some amount of micromorts — but so is, say, getting up from the bed). However, vaccines are very safe (safer than many everyday activities), and negate much more micromorts. Thus, I believe that your technically correct appeal doesn't contribute anything useful to this particular discussion.
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