Fallacies on Vaccines 2

Fallacies on Vaccines



Wishful Thinking
"I’d like to believe that some good will come from this situation.  I’d like to think that the stories and links that blew up my newsfeed last week crossed over to mainstream channels.  I’d like to hope that my non-autism parent friends’ eyebrows raised as they saw the story flash across their newsfeeds too"
The author basically states that "they wish something would happen" so that they could get the satisfaction of being right. The issue is that they have to prove to back what they are saying, but all the facts and logic are completely against them. Again, they are simply wishing, and nothing will come out of wishing since the facts are against their arguments.

Quantifier shift
"Knowing the truth is better than being placated with fabrications made by crooked officials.  Those fabrications need to stop.  So many people have been hurt in the name of science."

This statement is an attack on "crooked officials", and they connect these statement with them fabricating issues. The issue with this statement is the fact that they are making an unlikely connection between the two parties to make their point. At first glance, it kind of makes sense but then its all simply emotional appeal.

https://www.ageofautism.com/2014/08/vaccines-cause-autism.html