> I would also note that the taliban were against vaccination before this happened. So let's not pretend that this is the reason they're against it
They may have been against it, but now they have justification to be against it. The CIA has given them a much stronger argument to warn people not to get vaccinated: it's a front for the CIA to find and kill people.
The CIA has politicized vaccination, and that was recklessly irresponsible.
>Frankly, even if true, and they actually vaccinated the children, I'd still consider it a positive.
To get hepatitis b immunity, You need to get two to three doses of vaccine. In this case children only got one. I don't think it was an effective immunization effort.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jul/14/cia-fake-vaccin...
Even one would protect you for ~10 years. It would still have a profound positive effect. And yes, there are always better options in existence, and there is always a shortage of people wanting to pay for it.
I tough that the first dose of HBV vaccine doesn't give protection to every vaccinated person, only roughly 30-50%?
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/data/chi31-2_vaccination-ri... (paragraph starting with "Administer the full 3-dose HBV vaccine")
I'm interested where did you found an info about that 10years period of protection?
Re:India Manages to Free Itself of Polio
by joshuapants on Sunday January 12, 2014 @07:45PM
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Ah, yes, the no true Muslim argument
I would also note that the taliban were against vaccination before this happened. So let's not pretend that this is the reason they're against it. It's just a reason to blame the cia.
You should think of these guys as that they don't actually believe. They're not muslims. They do believe, maybe even correctly, that their power is based upon that religion. And so they wildly attack anything remotely suspected of being against it. Meanwhile they themselves rape do drugs and alcohol and worse. And they attack aid workers, since the idea that only allah can heal, that they think essential.