| It did not, in fact, cause "people like me" anything. But the topic here is standards of evidence. Before injecting a substantial quantity of neurotoxic material into newborns, the burden of proof should be on you to demonstrate that it does not cause any harm. That it appears not to cause epidemic autism, particularly, is not the same as causing no harm. Being seen to pretend that it is the same inspires reasonable distrust. It reasonably leads one to think that you are pulling a fast one, because you, in fact, are. Demonstrating lack of a particular harm might take the form of showing how large a dose, or or how long an exposure at the dose newborns get (e.g., by continuous administration, matching excretion rate), is needed to cause that exact harm. There are a great many ways that a neurotoxin could cause harm. Identifying one that it does not cause is absolutely different from showing none of the other possible ones occur. Pretending otherwise reliably demonstrates dishonesty, and inspires well-earned distrust. Making fun of people inspired to well-earned distrust inspires more. Earning trust after actively courting distrust may not be achievable. The fault for that is on people like you. |
You need to demonstrate that the advantages are worth the harm.
> Before injecting a substantial quantity
And as I quoted, the stated view is that the amount of thiomersal was NOT a "substantial quantity."
> It reasonably leads one to think that you are pulling a fast one
Which is why PR efforts to throw shade on the US voting system - despite evidence to the contrary - gets transformed into false belief that the US voting system is corrupt to the core.
Which is why PR efforts to cast doubt on the negative effects of smoking, and on the negative effects on profligate fossil fuel consumption, are effective.
But that doesn't actually mean someone's pulling a fast one, only that people are trying to convince you that someone's pulling a fast one.
> The fault for that is on people like you.
You must also do your part and not make easily dismissed exaggerations, or omit important qualifiers, as else your entire point will be easily dismissed.