Sunday, February 15, 2009

"I Wanna Be Vaccinated:" A silly filk on the Autism Omnibus results

I'm a bit late in trumpeting the results of the Autism Omnibus hearings. This is truly a milestone result in the fight for public health, and a blow to those who would promote infectious diseases over social responsibility, using autism as the bogey-man for their misguided fearmongering over the safety of vaccines. Other bloggers on my blogroll have made SO much more intelligent commentary than I am capable of during this Time Of Melodramatic Overwhelmedness. So I wrote a silly filk instead! :D With all due apologies to the Ramones and to the scansion, to the tune of "I Wanna Be Sedated":

Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours ago--
I wanna be vaccinated!
Autism Omnibus dissed Cedillo-o-oh--
I wanna be vaccinated!
Just get me to the doctor, get me all my shots,
Hurry hurry hurry, I think I'm gonna plotz!
'Cause court just ruled them safe and I don't want measles spots,
Oh no no no no no!

Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours ago,
I wanna be vaccinated!
Get herd immunity up to nine-o-o-oh,
I wanna be vaccinated!
I'll get the MMR, I'll ask for it by name,
Hurry hurry hurry, it won't make me insane!
I don't need no chelation, vaccines don't hurt my brain!
Oh no no no no no!

Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours for me,
Then I'll be vaccinated!
Varicella, TDaP, and Heps A and B,
I wanna be vaccinated!
I won't be in a wheelchair, I don't want polio,
Now I know those jabs will not make me loco,
I don't want influenza added to my woes,
Oh no no no no no!

Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours ago,
I wanna be vaccinated!
Deer caught Wakefield fudging results, oh-oh-oh,
I wanna be vaccinated!
Somebody call the media, I'll get 'em on TV!
Hurry hurry hurry, I want you all to see!
Take THAT, David Kirby and Jenny McCarthy!
Ho ho ho ho ho ho!

Jab jab jab-jab ja-jab jab jab-jab, I wanna be vaccinated!
Jab jab jab-jab ja-jab jab jab-jab, I wanna be vaccinated!
Jab jab jab-jab ja-jab jab jab-jab, I wanna be vaccinated!
Jab jab jab-jab ja-jab jab jab-jab, I wanna be vaccinated!

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