Is being sick a good thing? The answer to that question should be an obvious and resounding, “no!” Nevertheless, it is an extremely common claim made by anti-vaccers. They frequently argue that vaccine preventable diseases like measles are actually good for you, and it is a good thing to get sick. For example, in this hilarious video, you can see Tenpenny claiming that it was good that she was so sick as a child that she missed the entire 3rd grade. Therefore, I am going to use simple examples, rudimentary logic, and basic science to explain why this claim is utterly absurd.
Before I begin, I want to clarify that this post is not about vaccines. Although the claim that “being sick is good” is used to argue that we should not use vaccines, the claim itself must be either true or false on its own merits. In…
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