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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children) Is it only US where religious people are like "vaccines are satan" or do other countries have them as much? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago* (2 children) I've seen it around Africa. Usually related to where there's a bunch of Jehovah's Witnesses. It dovetails well with scattered cultural prohibitions on anything to do with messing with the blood. No blood donations, no transfusions. Likely related to decades of HIV/AIDS concerns. Edit: it's also why a lot of polio vaccines are oral in Africa. Less stigma. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago (1 child) People in Africa have every reason to be suspicious of white men coming in and injecting them with shit. https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medicine-empires-and-ethics-colonial-africa/2016-07 https://news.uoregon.edu/content/medical-researchers-africa-must-learn-past-prof-finds https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/4/8/medical-colonialism-in-africa-is-not-new So yeah, it is frustrating to see when they push against things like vaccines, but it's entirely understandable given the history of what has been done to these people again and again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago Oh, for sure. The way the British came in and told everyone to put their boobs away because it's immodest, and use formula made with well water to give your baby diarrhea early and maybe kill it, just breathtakingly idiotic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 child) I’ve seen it around Africa. Usually related to where there’s a bunch of Jehovah’s Witnesses. So it's USA again. Usual bullshit colonialism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 point 2 days ago Oh no, it's locals that are JWs. But there's plenty of non-JW cultural reasons that push the idea of no injections. Did you really just ignore the entire second half of the comment? The JW folks just have a more coherent "it says no in this book" logic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago Ortodoxy is catching up, via fake podcast bro priests. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago* (2 children) I've seen it around Africa. Usually related to where there's a bunch of Jehovah's Witnesses. It dovetails well with scattered cultural prohibitions on anything to do with messing with the blood. No blood donations, no transfusions. Likely related to decades of HIV/AIDS concerns. Edit: it's also why a lot of polio vaccines are oral in Africa. Less stigma. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago (1 child) People in Africa have every reason to be suspicious of white men coming in and injecting them with shit. https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medicine-empires-and-ethics-colonial-africa/2016-07 https://news.uoregon.edu/content/medical-researchers-africa-must-learn-past-prof-finds https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/4/8/medical-colonialism-in-africa-is-not-new So yeah, it is frustrating to see when they push against things like vaccines, but it's entirely understandable given the history of what has been done to these people again and again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago Oh, for sure. The way the British came in and told everyone to put their boobs away because it's immodest, and use formula made with well water to give your baby diarrhea early and maybe kill it, just breathtakingly idiotic. permalink fedilink source parent [–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 child) I’ve seen it around Africa. Usually related to where there’s a bunch of Jehovah’s Witnesses. So it's USA again. Usual bullshit colonialism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 point 2 days ago Oh no, it's locals that are JWs. But there's plenty of non-JW cultural reasons that push the idea of no injections. Did you really just ignore the entire second half of the comment? The JW folks just have a more coherent "it says no in this book" logic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago (1 child) People in Africa have every reason to be suspicious of white men coming in and injecting them with shit. https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medicine-empires-and-ethics-colonial-africa/2016-07 https://news.uoregon.edu/content/medical-researchers-africa-must-learn-past-prof-finds https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/4/8/medical-colonialism-in-africa-is-not-new So yeah, it is frustrating to see when they push against things like vaccines, but it's entirely understandable given the history of what has been done to these people again and again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago Oh, for sure. The way the British came in and told everyone to put their boobs away because it's immodest, and use formula made with well water to give your baby diarrhea early and maybe kill it, just breathtakingly idiotic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago Oh, for sure. The way the British came in and told everyone to put their boobs away because it's immodest, and use formula made with well water to give your baby diarrhea early and maybe kill it, just breathtakingly idiotic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 child) I’ve seen it around Africa. Usually related to where there’s a bunch of Jehovah’s Witnesses. So it's USA again. Usual bullshit colonialism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 point 2 days ago Oh no, it's locals that are JWs. But there's plenty of non-JW cultural reasons that push the idea of no injections. Did you really just ignore the entire second half of the comment? The JW folks just have a more coherent "it says no in this book" logic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 1 point 2 days ago Oh no, it's locals that are JWs. But there's plenty of non-JW cultural reasons that push the idea of no injections. Did you really just ignore the entire second half of the comment? The JW folks just have a more coherent "it says no in this book" logic. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago Ortodoxy is catching up, via fake podcast bro priests. permalink fedilink source parent
