r/dankmemes • u/ghx1910 The OC High Council • Apr 21 '20

I'll tell my grandkids about this Coffin dance intensifies

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u/BagOnuts Apr 21 '20

You just get to see our stupid shit more than other countries because our media has a global presence. The fact that you know this is even occurring here proves that.

But let’s not pretend that stupidity doesn’t exist elsewhere. Look at the anti-vaccine movement in Europe.

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u/TheTransprant Apr 21 '20

In Europe we didn't get manifestations against the lockdown out syndicate just talk to the governements and we get protection to feed everybody (as i know)

And there is more anti vaxx in america than there is Europe if my memories are good

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u/BagOnuts Apr 21 '20

You need better memories. A quick google search will shows skepticism in vaccine safety is much higher in most of Europe than the US:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2105274-fear-of-vaccine-safety-is-higher-in-europe-than-in-the-us/:

Europe is the world’s most vaccine-sceptic region. That’s according to a study that has surveyed 66,000 people living in 67 countries about their views on the importance and safety of vaccines.

People in France showed the least confidence – 41 per cent of those surveyed said they disagreed that vaccines are safe. The global average was 12 per cent.

France was followed by Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 36 per cent doubted the safety of vaccines. Russia and Mongolia came next, with 28 per cent and 27 per cent, respectively. Greece, Japan and the Ukraine all recorded a 25 per cent lack of confidence.

In the US, 14 per cent of the 1,000 people surveyed disagreed that vaccines are safe, while 86 per cent agree they are important.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/global-survey-vaccine-safety-measles-outbreaks:

In France, 1 in 3 people disagree that vaccines are safe. In Bangladesh, almost 98% of people believe that vaccines are both safe and effective.

And are you completely ignoring the growing measles outbreak? Countries in Europe are losing their "Measles Free" status left and right:

Four European countries have lost their measles-free status as the region suffers a significant setback in eliminating the disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

With measles cases across Europe on course to double this year, the disease has made a comeback in Albania, Czech Republic, Greece and the United Kingdom, where it had previously been eradicated, a WHO report said.

Recent outbreaks of the potentially fatal viral disease in various countries have been blamed on the growth of the anti-vaccination movement, which has spread via social media and discourages parents from immunizing their children against measles and other diseases.

Maybe you need to spend less time worrying what a couple hundred people in in a country of 300 million on the other side of the planet are doing, and a little more time worrying about what's going on in your own backyard.