Any mutation of a virus is natural selection, and if a human got ill and died from this infection, how is it logical for any other human to desire to vaccinate against any infection?
The whole premise of evolution lies within the law of natural selaction. Is not interfering with natural selection in effect jeopardizing the entire human race?
What will happen when these people who would have naturally died off, live (by reason of human interference) and pass on their weak genes to their offspring. Meanwhile, science has been doing it's part to produce drug resistant strains of virtually every disease.
Do you not think that things should be allowed to take their natural course?
Or do you proclaim your lack of confidence in evolution by lining up for flu vaccines?
2007-06-15 16:46:35 · 20 answers · asked by Tim 47 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have no need for a flu vaccination.
As you atheists readily admit, the flu viruses (like any virus) adapt much more rapidly than even a vaccination could keep up with. So how does it make any sense at all to get a vaccination for a flu strain that is already obsolete?
Sounds pretty stupid to me.
2007-06-17 14:16:45 · update #1
Evolution describes how the world is and how it came to be the way it is.
It is not a moral system, and doesn't describe the way the world "ought" to be.
Religious people sometimes seem to have trouble understanding this.
2007-06-15 16:51:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
HAHA you clearly have no idea what your taking about. An evolutionist would want a vaccination because it would prevent them from getting sick. Evolution takes a REALLY REALLY LONG TIME. Plus humans are more into biocultural evolution. We developed a thing called a mind, in which we abstract ideas and transfer them to the physical world.
By the way, mutation is not Natural Selection. Mutation is a mechanism of Evolution.
2007-06-15 23:52:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell you what, we will go back to a time "when things took their natural course" and then the average human life span will be about 35. Of course, with an infant mortality rate of about 7 out of 10 children dying before their first birthday, few will survive into adulthood anyway.
What help the human species survive was not our physical strength. We are weak animals. The human brain is the reason for our survival and success as a species. Before the brain started growing, humans were FOOD.
2007-06-15 23:53:01 · answer #3 · answered by atheist 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If evolution were a philosophy or a religion, your line of reasoning might have some merit. Actually, its a framework for understanding how biology works, and the development of immunology springs directly from that foundation.
So here's my question for you: if neither humans nor viruses mutate or evolve, why would YOU bother with vaccinations?
2007-06-15 23:57:17 · answer #4 · answered by nightserf 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, the human brain is a result of natural selection. Our human brain is what gives us the ability to MAKE vaccines. We live by our brains.
Secondly, just because natural selection is how we got here doesn’t mean we have to submit to it.
Human beings no longer live by natural selection, especially with the invention of contraceptives like birth control pills and condoms, and what’s wrong with that?
You seem to be under the impression that evolution is some kind of religion and there are some kind of rules that we have to live by. It’s just how we got here. It’s just a fact, it doesn’t matter if I like it or not.
2007-06-15 23:53:35 · answer #5 · answered by A 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because, we, as humans, have evolved to the point where we are capable of using our intelligence to come up with things like vaccines.
who are we to deny the natural order of things by not using the intelligence we've evolved to have?
we vaccinate to keep from getting ill. our intelligence which gives us the ability to do so proves that we are better suited than the viruses. therefore, it is still indeed survival of the fittest and things are taking their natural course. we are not interfering with anything. we're doing exactly what evolution says we will. :)
2007-06-15 23:51:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As I already said in your previous question, the flu is mutating too, which means we have not yet evolved to be immune to the new strains.
As we understand how evolution works, we realize if we don't take these shots we could die.
2007-06-15 23:50:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You're talking about viruses, which strike even the strongest. Why do people who deny evolution (LOL!) get flu shots every year?
2007-06-15 23:56:01 · answer #8 · answered by Hoops4Gawd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is a long process. It takes a long time for adaptation to occur. If it were you or your child risking death, wouldn't you opt for the vaccination?
2007-06-15 23:50:13 · answer #9 · answered by la buena bruja 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We're a social species, by the way; we do many things that would not be optimal if we were solitary.
I think we do the species a favor by, for example, keeping Stephen Hawking's immobile posterior fed and influenza-free.
2007-06-15 23:51:49 · answer #10 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋