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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnti-Vaccine Doctor: I Don't Care If My Kids Make Others Gravely Sick (VIDEO)
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34. Locking as not meeting LBN SOP.Please repost in VMM or GD to expose this jerk.
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By BRENDAN JAMES Published FEBRUARY 2, 2015, 1:22 PM EST
An Arizona cardiologist told CNN in an interview that went online Monday that he doesn't care if his refusal to vaccinate his kids gives other children grave, preventable diseases.
Im not going to sacrifice the well-being of my child. My child is pure, Dr. Jack Wolfson said in the interview. Its not my responsibility to be protecting their child.
Wolfson was responding to a public appeal for all parents to vaccinate their children from Arizona pediatrician Dr. Tim Sacks, whose leukemia-stricken daughter was exposed to measles after an unvaccinated American family introduced the disease into the greater population during a trip to Disneyland.
Wolfson was interviewed last week by television station KPNX as a source on the debate over vaccinations, calling himself "the paleo-cardiologist," according to the report. The doctor said that children should not avoid getting infections such as measels and mumps. "These are the rights of our children to get it," he told KPNX.
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Anti-Vaccine Doctor: I Don't Care If My Kids Make Others Gravely Sick (VIDEO) (Original Post)
DonViejo
Feb 2015
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And there you see the consequences of the "I only care about myself" logic
AZ Progressive
Feb 2015
#5
Unless his child has been living in a bubble, it stopped being "pure" the moment it took a breath.
Liberal Veteran
Feb 2015
#8
uppityperson
(115,678 posts)1. thanks for reposting here, k&r
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)2. What an ass
tanyev
(42,600 posts)3. I don't care if all your patients see this and decide to find a better doctor.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)4. He belongs in prison, IMO.
AZ Progressive
(3,411 posts)5. And there you see the consequences of the "I only care about myself" logic
"Im not going to sacrifice the well-being of my child. My child is pure, Dr. Jack Wolfson said in the interview. Its not my responsibility to be protecting their child. "
Isn't this the natural consequences of a society that favors self-centeredness over caringness and altruism, and competition over cooperation?
This though is coldness and a sociopathic attitude akin to Ayn Rand's philosophy.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)6. His child is pure?
As opposed to what, other people's children?
And never mind that being "pure" is not going to protect his child from airborne infectious diseases.
blogslut
(38,009 posts)7. "my child is pure"
That dude has issues.
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)8. Unless his child has been living in a bubble, it stopped being "pure" the moment it took a breath.
What a whack job.
central scrutinizer
(11,659 posts)9. agree - that is one creepy comment
follows the Hypocritic Oath
AwakeAtLast
(14,133 posts)10. Evidently he also doesn't care if his kids are killed
They could be pure as the driven snow and also dead.
Boggles the mind.
Skittles
(153,180 posts)11. this man seems to be mentally unbalanced
seriously
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,335 posts)12. K and R