"classic cannibalism"? lovely job we have.

[tsuki_no_bara]

cute child sighting of the day: a little girl (like, toddler-little) pushing her own stroller and wearing striped pants with a big yellow flower applique on the butt. she was also wearing teeny rubber boots. SOCUTE

Comments

Really. I hear you.

[takaal]

The "vaccines are poison" mentality triggers the same feelings in me. Vaccines work on the herd immunity principle; if everyone's vaccinated, then the virus can't find any traction, and NO one gets sick. This is how smallpox was defeated, ultimately, and polio. They thought that it would be "easy" to eradicate most childhood diseases, given the success of earlier efforts to end debilitating/fatal disease. They hadn't counted on gross ignorance and superstition.

(And the number of people in my area who haven't gotten a flu shot because a Redskins cheerleader got a one-in-a-million side effect (that, by the way, is being fixed at a clinic in NC)...! How did they miss "FLU CAN KILL YOU, and the odds are MUCH smaller than 1-1,000,000!!

Re: Really. I hear you.

[tsuki_no_bara]

if you have, say, a thousand people, and one of them is unvaccinated, herd immunity might hold just fine. if you have a thousand people and fifty or sixty or a hundred of them are unvaccinated, you're asking for trouble. no one seems to get this! argh, PEOPLE.

(i admit i haven't gotten a flu shot yet but i'm also not in any at-risk groups. i'm not immunocompromised, i don't care for or work with people who are, i don't have small children or spend time with them, i'm not younger than sixteen or older than sixty. i don't think there are enough doses around here for everyone who needs it, and i'd rather let someone who's more at risk get their shot.)

Re: Really. I hear you.

[wrenlet]

I got the seasonal but I'm holding out on the H1N1 until, yeah, there are more doses available. I'll probably ask about it when I go back for the blood test next month.

[wrenlet]

I think it's just that a person with specific imbalances will find SOMETHING to fixate on, whether it's a person or a lifestyle or a religion or an object or fire... mental pathologies seek a focus. Not that fans are inherently unbalanced :D

(Speaking of unbalanced, did you catch where Spencer swung his crutch forward without using his hand? Hee! Yes, it's a tiny meaningless detail but it's a tiny meaningless SPENCER detail, so here I am.)

And I do think this ep with Spencer presenting the profile (and being uncertain about it) segues nicely into the next, where we see him at a job-related conference alone and walking through the crime scene before the rest of the team gets there. I think it's meant to indicate that Spencer is sort of... maturing as an agent. The team is shifting around a bit, with Hotch stepping aside, Morgan moving into his role (and I did notice and giggle at "Penelope"), and now Spencer acting a little less the "junior" member of the team.

... and in my head, part of Spencer's fluster at the mention of Lila is

[wrenlet]

Also, my reaction to the anti-vaccine crowd is pretty much the same as yours RAGE.

[tsuki_no_bara]

i just... i dunno. i wanted to yell at this total stranger and demand to know what exactly was so bad about vaccinations that the threat of polio and smallpox was preferable. people don't die from smallpox vaccines.

[tsuki_no_bara]

(i did catch that! he's talking on the phone and crutching at the same time! like, crutching with his elbow or something! i was impressed.)

ok, that makes some sense, that they're trying to show that he's maturing as an agent, but he hasn't been junior team member for a while. and i kind of figured the lecture/conference/whatever was something he'd go to by himself anyway, because he's spencer reid and it's the kind of thing he might do for fun. and he hasn't needed company at those things for a long time. so that bit i didn't see as him maturing as an agent. but him walking thru the house in outfoxed alone, and getting to do the profile solo in the performer, yeah, that fits.

*snicker* i don't think he was flustered by the mention of lila so much as he was being poked in a sore spot, tho.

[apiphile]

Herd immunity, you SELFISH PRICKS.

Also, I nearly died because of vaccination fucking refusal. Thanks to my mother's brainwashing. STUPID PEOPLE. *RAGE*

[tsuki_no_bara]

exactly! you don't want to put your precious spawn at risk for the one-in-a-million chance they might have a reaction from their vaccinations, fine. but don't put everyone else's spawn at risk too. enough people stop getting vaccinated, WE'RE ALL GOING DOWN. and i for one am not looking forward to a resurgence of measles or god forbid smallpox.

oh god, your mother. i want to smack her.

[wrenlet]

I had the "precious spawn" argument with one woman who claimed that her SOLE AND PARAMOUNT responsibility was to her newborn son, and "most" childhood diseases were survivable anyway. I asked, "So if your child catches and survives a bout of, say, whooping cough and but happens pass it to his elderly grandfather who then dies of the disease, you're okay with that?" She declared me a meanie poopoohead (paraphrased) and stomped off the forum in a huff.

*halo*

[astaria51]

WIN.

[deaver]

apparently my ire is roused by vaccine stupidity and shortsightedness

I'm right there with you, sweetheart.

[tsuki_no_bara]

this is why i like my flist - i can say "i had SUCH RAGE today" and i'll get all these nods of understanding. :D but man, i just do not get the anti-vaccination people. the pros of being vaccinated seem to outweigh the cons by SO MUCH that i can't understand why people kick against it.

[bleedtoblue]

"apparently my ire is roused by vaccine stupidity and shortsightedness. who knew."

Oh, mine is, too! Grrrrr.

I can't have flu shots and I wish I could.

[tsuki_no_bara]

i don't get it! how is opening up yourself (and the rest of the population by proxy) to all these horrible diseases PREFERABLE to getting a vaccine? argh, people!

why can't you get a flu shot?

[bleedtoblue]

I have a nasty reaction to flu shots, I get a big hive at the injection site. I think it's due to an egg allergy. The doctor doesn't think it's worth risking anaphylactic shock. I'm hoping I can get tamiflu if I get sick.