TokenBoomer ,

Interesting, right after this interview from Ryan Grim:

THE SILENCE AROUND COVID VACCINE INJURIES

Ryan Grim speaks to Ross Wightman about the side effects he experienced from a Covid-19 vaccine.

papalonian ,

First time I'm hearing about "vaccine injured" meaning they think a vaccine caused autism or something. When I read the post, with the context, I thought it meant like a physical injury that someone with special needs might suffer if they moved around during a vaccine. It's actually disgusting that this person wrote a story likely about a kid with some form of neurodivergence and called toted them as a "vaccine injured child".

SkyezOpen ,

It's from a long debunked paper. Anyone claiming any correlation between vaccines and autism is willfully ignorant at this point.

AnUnusualRelic ,
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Not only is it debunked, it was a downright fraudulent paper.

Fredselfish ,
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Who the company that actually gave this book a fucking reward?

HyperMegaNet ,

It looks suspiciously like a pay-for-award company that gives out awards to just about any product for parents/educators/related to children or parenting, as long as you pay the "application fee" (although they specifically say an award isn't guaranteed).

I mean looking at their website they seem to give out an awful lot of awards, and they mention that for $500, you'll get to use their award seal on your product and receive 100 award stickers, and for $1,500 you get more stickers, plus they'll post about your product on their website.

Call me crazy, but I'd think that if an award isn't guaranteed, they'd make you pay for the initial application to start with, and then (assuming you "win" an award) they'd offer to promote your product for an additional payment, once they've decided that you're eligible. The fact that they talk so openly about how paying a larger application fee gets you promoted on their site (and some other stuff) makes it seem suspiciously like a pay-for-award scheme to me.

kromem ,

I wonder if they are offering a bundle deal along with the sequel to the book about a lady who swallowed a fly titled When Bobby swallowed a little worm.

My favorite part was when he swallowed the ivermectin to kill the worm. The illustration for that page is particularly captivating.

Illuminostro ,

My favorite is "I Swullod A Snale N Got Dain Bramage."

Turun ,

I don't understand why anyone would be against vaccines, with one exception: parents who have a kid that actually suffered from one of the super rare side effects. For example I have seen a documentary about pro/contra vaccine, where one person featured was a child who had gotten polio as a result of the polio vaccine.

ChexMax ,

My sister was unable receive a full set of vaccinations due to a bad allergic reaction, which makes my parents even more pro vaccines because she relies on herd immunity

Underwaterbob ,

I feel like it's a bit like terminally ill people suddenly finding religion. Parents with autistic children are desperate to find something to blame or believe in for their situation. So, they've latched onto this absolute fiction that vaccination can cause autism. Nevermind it was something like a single study done that has since been completely disproved. Notice Nicholas up there has an "older, vaccine injured sibling".

Treczoks ,

WTF is "Gold Moms Choice Award"? The newest warning label?

If the Americans are so keen about banning books, they should really start with this one. Ever thought about "What if books could kill?" - This one can.

Alexstarfire ,

We love feel good awards. Did you know I'm a Times Person of the Year?

LemmyKnowsBest ,

So am I! The year 2006 was a great year for everyone.

Cethin ,

I feel sorry for everyone born after 2006. It must feel so lame not being a Times Person of the Year.

fakeman_pretendname ,

It sounds like a bit of an award scam actually - there's a disappointed recipient taking about it here.

I don't think there's a lot of legal stuff around awards - you can pretty much just make one up and give it to things.

Fontasia ,

If memory serves correctly The Daily Wire invented their own awards just to say their journalism is "Award Winning"

Treczoks ,

I've met this kind of awards somewhere. One supermarket chain boasted that one of their businesses won the "Supermarket of the Year" award. And the next year it was again that one of their locations won that price. So I dug a bit deeper and learned that they own the local version of "Supermarket of the Year" award, and only markets of their own chain "participate".

FlyingSquid ,
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I recently went on a drive from Indiana to Minnesota and back, doing a different route each time. Almost every hospital we passed said it was one of the 100 best hospitals according to (I think) U.S. News and World Report.

What are the chances?

phoenixz ,

Yeah the writer of this book shoot be taken behind a shed and shot.

Too extreme?

How many children have suffered and died due to her actions?

This writer needs to be removed from the gene pool. Don't publish the name, just make them disappear, make that book disappear, and the world will be a little better

Snapz ,

Does Amazon openly sell shit like this? Or does it get listed, reported and removed fairly quickly?

YaksDC ,
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I bit the bullet and looked it up on Amazon and it is there and has glowing reviews.

phx ,

I feel like this would be the perfect product to get a ton of weird reviews similar to the Haribo gummy bears,i.e.

"I read this to my two remaining children ever night, in memory of their brother Timmy who sadly passed of Polio last year"

Ilovethebomb ,

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

Seriously though, that's a great idea.

Twista713 ,

I just check and there's a recent gem- "I was excited to read this book, but disappointed when I saw the coupons for child coffins." Doing the lord's work! Lmao

griD ,

Amazon also sells AI-generated books about mushroom picking, so why shouldn't they?

BonesOfTheMoon OP Mod ,

Amazon would sell child sexual abuse material if it could get away with it to make a buck.

Dvixen ,
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Wait for the sequel:

"I live in an iron lung and that's ok!"

dyathinkhesaurus ,

And the followup, "I'm blind because measles, and that's ok!"

theangryseal ,

I have a distant cousin who was totally destroyed by measles. According to her mom, she was 6 years old and a very bright kid, very eager to learn. Her siblings recovered, but she didn’t. I mean, she recovered as far as surviving, but she’s in her late 50s now with the mental capacity of a toddler.

Her family lived in a one room shack deep in Appalachia from the 50s through the 80s. Going to the doctor wasn’t something they did unless they were dying. They managed to get her to the hospital once it became clear she likely wasn’t going to make it.

I met her in the early 2000s and different family members take turns caring for her. She talks but it’s mostly just going with what a person says. “Sheila, I heard you were a millionaire!” “Yeah, yeah. I got millions dollars. Yeah.” “Can I get a few thousand?” “Sure, yeah, sure, a few thousand. Yep. Mmhmmm.”

Her brother used to mess with her at the store her mom worked at. “Hey Shiela, you hate that ugly bastard that just walked in here don’t you?” “Yep. Mmhmm. I hate that ugly bastard.” “Awww Sheila, you hate me and think I’m ugly?” “Noooooooo. Nuh uh. Nooooo!” “Yes you do, now tell him!” “Yep, mmhmm, I do.”

I hate that happened to her.

Drusas ,

Her (almost certainly) describing a sibling with autism as being "vaccine-injured" is just so insulting.

BonesOfTheMoon OP Mod ,

Jenny McCarthy should be imprisoned for spreading this.

frickineh ,

Surprise surprise, her doctorate is in psychology. She works with special ed kids and I'm guessing she's either decided or parents are self-reporting that they're "vaccine injured." 🙄 What an asshole.

PyroNeurosis ,

Here's betting on this not getting a sequel.

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