Another said: "I was on board until you got to the "no vaccinations" part. That is not a "my kid, my choice" thing; you are actively putting other people at risk when you don't vaccinate your child. Please talk to an actual medical professional about this!!"
And another claimed the 36-year-old's stand against vaccines and meat chalked with her business, selling make-up with "tons of plastic components" that "endangers wildlife and habitat".
Dr Robert M Jacobson, a pediatrician and former medical director for the Population Health Science Program at Mayo Clinic, had about 15 minutes worth of clap-backs to Von D's statement.
Chief among them was his confusion over her concerns about vaccines despite being heavily tattooed.
"Vaccines are the most tested thing that we as physicians prescribe, because they are being administered to millions of people so there is no room for error," Dr Jacobson told DailyMail.com.
"Vaccines are tested in tens of thousands of people, compared to, say antibiotics to prevent infection from a tattoo, which are tested in hundreds."
Mexican-American Von D, whose real name is Katherine von Drachenberg, is part of a growing anti-vaccination movement, that infectious disease specialists warn could threaten the health of the next generation.
The CDC advises that babies get their first round of vaccines at two months old, unless they are ill, have a chronic illness, or have suffered allergic reactions, in which case their doctor will plan a different approach or delay vaccinating.
Generally, this involves getting five:
1. DTaP
2. Hib
3. Hepatitis B
4. Polio
5. PCV13
These protect against seven diseases:
• diphtheria (which can cause heart failure)
• tetanus (or 'lockjaw')
• pertussis ('whooping cough')
• Hib (a type of flu that leads to meningitis)
• hepatitis B
• polio
• pneumococcal disease
Prior to the existence of these vaccines, thousands of children died a year of these diseases.
Since the mid-20th century, the rate of preventable child deaths has plummeted - a shift largely attributed to the introduction of vaccines.
However, support for vaccines is waning.
Dr Pritish Tosh, MD, an infectious diseases specialist at the Mayo Clinic, told Daily Mail Online that while some anti-vaxxers can survive unscathed, that is largely because their peers are vaccinated.
The further the rate of vaccination drops, he warns, the more endangered our community becomes.
Dr Tosh explains that the strength of many vaccines, such as measles, partly relies on "herd immunity", requiring that the vast majority of each community (at least 90 percent) is protected.
"When you have some people who are unvaccinated or under vaccinated in a community then we lose some of that herd immunity meaning the populations can be at-risk of infection, even if they were vaccinated.
"Once you start dropping in that number, you run a risk of re-introducing mumps into a population.
"Certainly, unvaccinated people get sick but also there will likely be vaccinated people who get sick because the vaccine is not 100 percent effective."
He warns: "The unvaccinated people are amplifying the outbreak then allowing some who are unvaccinated to become sick. This has been seen more and more including in college campuses."
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