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31. Trying to explain facts to immunization adverse adults

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 01:18 PM

Feb 2014

is akin to trying to explain facts to Tea Party nuts or trying to explain Evolution to Creationists. Or, perhaps more properly, its like trying to teach a pig to sing.

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Pediatrician: Vaccinate Your Kids—Or Get Out of My Office [View all] Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 OP

There are situations, allergy to eggs, or other bad reactions, where someone should not be lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #1

Ironically, such exceptions are exactly why everyone else should be RedCappedBandit Feb 2014 #2

No, it makes perfect sense. It would protect that small group lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #4

Exceptions? Philly Cowboy Feb 2014 #6

The first reaction is usually a milder one, and if a reaction occurred with eggs, or a previous lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #20

The number of those is vanishingly small compared to the majority of the population Spider Jerusalem Feb 2014 #12

Pediatricians here have the rule talked about in the OP gollygee Feb 2014 #14

Of course that is the worst flawed logic. Most people won't have those allergies, and if they get lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #22

Those are few VA_Jill Feb 2014 #40

Yes, he does. Aristus Feb 2014 #50

I agree with this approach 110%. The anti-vaxxers are nuts riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #3

Good...that's our pediatrician, too. nt msanthrope Feb 2014 #5

Good Ohio Joe Feb 2014 #7

What about all the adult idiots that travel to other countries where there is active disease meadowlark5 Feb 2014 #8

If they come back with an active disease, they can be quarantined. lostincalifornia Feb 2014 #23

Most aren't because it takes 2 weeks for measles to turn into a rash meadowlark5 Feb 2014 #26

Thanks for the heads up on that - all my kids got their vaccinations, hedgehog Feb 2014 #37

And maybe someone older than me can chime in meadowlark5 Feb 2014 #9

I am relatively successful... 3catwoman3 Feb 2014 #10

This /\/\/\/\/\ DeadLetterOffice Feb 2014 #47

Yep. I remember listening to NPR a year or so ago Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #11

I'm glad that pediatrician is taking a stand. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #13

Good. The parents don't need to deal with such a pompous ass. Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #15

It would be a waste of time. MicaelS Feb 2014 #17

Assuming it's a waste of time is what that clinician is doing. Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #19

How much time is the clinician supposed to allocate to these people? MicaelS Feb 2014 #24

I wish I could recommend this as an OP nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #27

Thanks nadin. MicaelS Feb 2014 #29

You welcome nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #30

SOME time, rather than no time. Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #51

Trying to explain facts to immunization adverse adults Stonepounder Feb 2014 #31

Kinda like Bill Nye... 3catwoman3 Feb 2014 #62

he's a doctor, not a school teacher. nt geek tragedy Feb 2014 #25

And good for the doctor nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #28

A minor quibble: riqster Feb 2014 #33

I was making a reference to Carl Sagan nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #35

No worries. Thanks! riqster Feb 2014 #36

Yeah, doctors are science gods who always have the right answer. Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #54

I did not say they are science gods nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #56

No, but doctors don't get to use the "because I say so" if they expect to get through to some one. Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #57

They can go cry to the County Board of Health nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #58

The "pompous ass" has many years of medical training. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #34

And that training provided the knowledge that vaccination is an important preventative measure Gormy Cuss Feb 2014 #52

When dealing with idiot parents, yes. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #59

This pediatrician IS educating the parents. Jim Lane Feb 2014 #45

Excellent, we need many more Doctors like this. MicaelS Feb 2014 #16

I would invite any anti vax people to come here to India Recursion Feb 2014 #18

I would want them to stay there, then. eggplant Feb 2014 #42

If I have more kids, I would want their pediatrician to have this policy. nt stevenleser Feb 2014 #21

Maybe the nation should reserve land specifically for the unvaccinated. alp227 Feb 2014 #32

what about animal vaccinations? cows? pigs? etc. nt DeadEyeDyck Feb 2014 #38

Good... SidDithers Feb 2014 #39

+1 HuckleB Feb 2014 #55

Our pediatrician group has had this policy for a few years now AngryAmish Feb 2014 #41

Thanks! The whole article is worth reading. GoCubsGo Feb 2014 #43

The cognitive dissonance is painful. eggplant Feb 2014 #44

One of the worst problems the measles presents is libodem Feb 2014 #46

I got measles from an unvaccinated person. Mariana Feb 2014 #53

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Mother Jones -- How Many People Aren’t Vaccinating Their Kids in Your State? HuckleB Feb 2014 #48

... X_Digger Feb 2014 #49

Think of this doctors waiting room! IggleDoer Feb 2014 #61