A controversial poster displayed at a Miami chiropractor’s office in Florida has sparked outrage online for its anti-vaccination message. The poster asks, “How Many Vaccines Will Your Child Get?” and is followed by a lengthy list of routine childhood immunizations typically administered before the teenage years. Its suggestion that these essential vaccines are “Too Many” quickly drew widespread criticism—and ridicule—on Reddit.
Uploaded by Reddit user printThisAndSmokeIt to r/pics and r/Miami, the photo of the anti-vaccine poster quickly gained nearly 15,000 upvotes and attracted many more views. The user offered little additional context, apart from noting that those criticizing the poster are not necessarily “pro-vaccine,” but rather “pro-evidence and scientific method.”
Most comments criticized the chiropractor for lacking the authority to speak on vaccinations.
A quick scroll through the comments reveals thousands of people criticizing the chiropractor’s views, as well as questioning the legitimacy of chiropractic care as a medical practice. “Real medical professionals actually understand how vaccines work,” one Redditor wrote. “If you needed any more evidence that chiropractors are quacks, there it is,” another added.
A third commenter chimed in, writing, “It’s a chiropractor. I wouldn’t trust a single thing about them.” Another commenter argued that the recent anti-vaccine movement is “nothing more than a telltale sign of entitled and ignorant people who have no grasp of history, society, or just how good they have it.”
Needless to say, anti-vaccination sentiment is not a new phenomenon. However, the movement has gained renewed momentum as some within the subculture view prominent political figures, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as allies, according to The Conversation U.S. That said, opposition to vaccines and chiropractic care are not inherently connected, even though many Redditors have suggested the two go hand in hand based on the healthcare office photo.
The question of whether a chiropractor is a “real doctor” has long been a subject of controversy. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health identifies chiropractors as “licensed health care professionals.” However, whether patients choose to accept vaccine advice from someone whose primary expertise is spinal therapy is ultimately a personal decision.
