Medical Student Recounts Her Hilarious Encounter With An Anti-Vax Parent And An Unexpected Outcome
The perfect storm of conspiracy theories in one parent.
One medical student thought she was just having a normal conversation, until an anti-vax parent turned the exchange into something much more memorable. The result was awkward, funny, and a little too real for anyone who has ever dealt with vaccine skepticism.
In this story, a fourth-year med student runs into a parent who is firmly against vaccines, and the conversation quickly goes off the rails. What starts as a tense clash over medical beliefs ends with an unexpected reaction that leaves the student laughing later.
And yes, the ending is as ridiculous as it sounds.
4th Year Med Student Chimes In
Anti-vaxxer parents don't always keep to themselves. They have children, and sometimes they bring their children to the doctor's office, so naturally, there are going to be doctors who have encounters with these parents!
For one 4th-year med student, her encounter with an especially conspiracy theory-loving parent was too memorable not to share with the Internet.
ImgurAbout One Eternity Later...
What a patient attending physician.
ImgurThis is the same kind of family blowup as the woman enforcing COVID guidelines during an in-laws visit, sparking an AITA family feud.
Surprise!
Unheard of.
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OP finished her story with an iconic Skyrim meme.
Like a boss.
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As one commentator put it:
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.
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You're familiar with the saying, "you can't fix stupid?" I propose an addendum: "but you can manipulate it." 
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If you do the right thing for the wrong reason, it's still the right thing. So, there's that. - pericat
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Want another tense health-belief showdown at home? Read how she refused her doctor-husband’s chronic illness treatment in Struggling with Chronic Illness: Should I Follow My Doctor-Husbands Treatment?.
