Medical Student Recounts Her Hilarious Encounter With An Anti-Vax Parent And An Unexpected Outcome
The perfect storm of conspiracy theories in one parent.
You might be surprised to learn that resistance to vaccines has existed as long as vaccines themselves. People tend to be skeptical, and advances in medical science have frequently been met with scrutiny throughout history. While the original anti-vaxxers likened medical science and vaccine technology to satanic rituals and witchcraft, today they blame it on Big Pharma.
The debate continues to rage and intensify, as the majority of the population (and virtually all medical professionals) supports routine vaccinations. However, opponents are very vocal and are fighting tooth and nail for their right to choose. It's gotten so heated that teenagers are seeking advice on the Internet about how to get vaccinated behind their parents' backs, and multiple states are revoking exemptions left and right. We're not far from mandatory vaccines, folks.
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.
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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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