Sesame Street – the latest ‘puppet’ in vaccine propaganda

Looks like our government can’t decide whether it wants to sell vaccines or Happy Meals.

For years they’ve tried to convince you and your family to roll up your sleeves for a bunch of vaccines you don’t need – for illnesses you’ll never get. And now it looks like the feds have stolen a play right out of McDonald’s playbook.

They’re marketing directly to your kids and grandkids.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has teamed up with Elmo from Sesame Street on two new propaganda videos that take the government’s pro-vaccine message right to young children.

The intent is clear – our government wants your kids and grandkids to pester you into getting them every vaccine that Uncle Sam deems necessary.

In the first video, Murthy urges Elmo to get all his vaccinations on time. He even reminds Elmo that “it’s just a little pinch – and it’s safe.”

Safe indeed. So safe that the government has paid out roughly $3 billion in claims for vaccine injuries and deaths.

Looks like that nugget ended up on the cutting room floor.

In the second video, Murthy explains to Elmo how vaccinations protect you just like a bike helmet. Because, after all, what responsible parent would let their kid ride a bike without a helmet?

Elmo is so taken in by the vaccine propaganda that he agrees to a shot, looks square at the camera and asks, “Why doesn’t everybody get a vaccination?”

“That’s a good question, Elmo,” the surgeon general replies. “That’s a good question.”

Well, here’s a better question. Why is a popular show like Sesame Street allowing itself to be used by the government to sweet-talk kids into questioning their parents’ wisdom?

It should be obvious by now that a lot of people aren’t going along with the government’s agenda of turning children into guinea pigs for every shot under the sun. And “public-service messages” of this sort are deliberately designed to make kids feel that they’re somehow unprotected if their parents think the risks of all those shots outweigh the benefits.

In other words, if you want to discuss the pros and cons of vaccinations, let’s do it as grown-ups.

And leave the kids — and Muppets — out of it.

Source:

“US Surgeon General and Elmo from Sesame Street make video to encourage children to get vaccinations” Shelly Fraley, April 19, 2015, Diabetes Insider, diabetesinsider.com