Mercury is not used in vaccines. A preservative that has mercury in the molecule is frequently used as a preservative yes, it's an antibiotic. Saying vaccines have mercury is like saying salt has sodium.
Eat sodium, you die. Eat table salt you don't.
Eat mercury you die. Eat Mercury((o-carboxyphenyl)thio)ethyl sodium salt you don't.
I can't take anybody seriously that doesn't get that basic fact.
The mainstream idea is that vaccines don't (or didn't) have enough thiomersal to cause any real harm, but logically they would if they contained sufficient amounts. I don't know the actual extent of the harm that the tolerable levels of exposure might cause, I haven't seen any real data other than blog-tier "articles" with spurious citations, and other heavily biased sources. But it seems within the realm of possibility that they might cause more harm than most people think. I'd like to see some real science to actually find out for sure.
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PepeFarmRemembers ago
Mercury is not used in vaccines. A preservative that has mercury in the molecule is frequently used as a preservative yes, it's an antibiotic. Saying vaccines have mercury is like saying salt has sodium.
Eat sodium, you die. Eat table salt you don't. Eat mercury you die. Eat Mercury((o-carboxyphenyl)thio)ethyl sodium salt you don't.
I can't take anybody seriously that doesn't get that basic fact.
absurdlyobfuscated ago
You have a valid point. Different molecules containing the same element have different properties.
But you still suffer the toxic effects of ethyl mercury if you get exposed to a significant enough amount. It's accepted and not controversial that it's toxic to humans.
The mainstream idea is that vaccines don't (or didn't) have enough thiomersal to cause any real harm, but logically they would if they contained sufficient amounts. I don't know the actual extent of the harm that the tolerable levels of exposure might cause, I haven't seen any real data other than blog-tier "articles" with spurious citations, and other heavily biased sources. But it seems within the realm of possibility that they might cause more harm than most people think. I'd like to see some real science to actually find out for sure.