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Penn and Teller on Vaccinations
A short clip of Penn and Teller arguing, in blunt and profane language, for vaccination and against anti-vaccine claims. It covers risk versus benefit and herd immunity.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters share it in vaccine threads as a quick, entertaining explanation of vaccination in layman's terms.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- UltraMiraculous
- Topic
- vaccination
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2013–2018
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
URL: [VIDEO] Penn and Teller on Vaccinations. This really drives home the point of herd immunity ( in ~ 90 seconds ).
rixrax on Hacker News · 2018-12
In The Worst Measles Outbreak In The European UnionThe paper saying that the MMR vaccine causes autism (which is where the whole concept came from) was fraudulent, so it's not just "well, a side effect is better than the disease", it's total misguidance. Also, here's an amusing Penn & Teller clip that shares …
broodbucket on Hacker News · 2013-09
In Infectious disease doesn't care why you're unvaccinatedThere are a lot of comments here about the issue of how to communicate risk of different personal medical choices to patients who do not themselves have medical training. It is a tough problem. Professional stage magicians, and avid skeptics, Penn and Teller had an …
tokenadult on Hacker News · 2014-07
In “You're not allowed science any more”
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