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Bill Gates Says Anti-Vaccine Effort Kills Children

Posted by Soulskill on from the won't-somebody-think-of-the-oh-wait dept.

Hugh Pickens writes writes "CNN has an interesting interview with Bill Gates who says that unbelievable progress is being made in both inventing new vaccines and making sure they get out to all the children who need them. The improvements could cut the number of children who die every year from about 9 million to half that. But Gates has harsh words for those who engage in anti-vaccine efforts, especially Dr. Andrew Wakefield, who falsified data to 'prove' a fraudulent link between vaccines and autism. 'It's an absolute lie that has killed thousands of kids,' says Gates. 'Because the mothers who heard that lie, many of them didn't have their kids take either pertussis or measles vaccine, and their children are dead today.'"

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  1. Hell has, indeed, frozen over. by the+saltydog · · Score: 5, Funny

    I actually *agree* with Bill Gates on something.

    I'm scared - hold me...

    1. Re:Hell has, indeed, frozen over. by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

      > I'm scared - hold me...

      I might, but only if you've had all your shots...

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    2. Re:Hell has, indeed, frozen over. by outsider007 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I dunno, does saving a few million kids really make up for what he did to poor netscape navigator?

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  2. Microsoft and vaccines by jbeaupre · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you think about it, the way you develop a vaccine is to:
    Embrace : copy the original
    Extend : modify that version
    Extinguish : wipe out the original

    Bill Gates is right at home.

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  3. Bill Gates, the pope and... by Terrasque · · Score: 5, Funny

    Once, Bill Gates, the Pope, and the Anti-Vaccine Man was on a plane together. As things always goes in jokes, while in-flight the pilot died of heart attack, while at the same time the engines caught on fire.

    This lead to the three men having to jump out of the plane, and of course there are only two parachutes. Bill Gates declares that as the smartest man Earth, he must be saved, grabs one of the parachutes, and jumps. The Pope looks at the Anti-Vaccine Man, and says "here, young man, take mine. You still have years in front of you" to which the Anti-Vaccine Man replies "No, it is a known fact that those contraptions can fail at times, so it is better to jump without one" and jumped out of the plane. The Pope shakes his head, jump with the remaining parachute, and after landing safely holds a speech declaring that while God is good, even He can not help retards.

    The End.

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    1. Re:Bill Gates, the pope and... by Nehmo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Once, Bill Gates, the Pope, and the Anti-Vaccine Man was on a plane together. As things always goes in jokes, while in-flight the pilot died of heart attack, while at the same time the engines caught on fire.

      This lead to the three men having to jump out of the plane, and of course there are only two parachutes. Bill Gates declares that as the smartest man Earth, he must be saved, grabs one of the parachutes, and jumps. The Pope looks at the Anti-Vaccine Man, and says "here, young man, take mine. You still have years in front of you" to which the Anti-Vaccine Man replies "No, it is a known fact that those contraptions can fail at times, so it is better to jump without one" and jumped out of the plane. The Pope shakes his head, jump with the remaining parachute, and after landing safely holds a speech declaring that while God is good, even He can not help retards.

      The End.

      That doesn't sound like something Bill would do. He wouldn't bother justifying his move to those idiots.

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    2. Re:Bill Gates, the pope and... by Cruciform · · Score: 1, Funny

      You left out the part where the Pope celebrated his survival by sodomizing two nine-year-olds.

  4. Re:Wow by Cylix · · Score: 1, Funny

    So we take the malaria survivors and we feed them to the healthy.

    Everyone is a winner!

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