Yeah, if some parent wants their kid to get their vaccines over a few weeks instead of one day, who cares as long as they get them. I am not going to shame a parent for that. They’re still making the right decision.
The problem is that they are letting bullshit superstition drive medical decisions. Spacing stuff out over weeks is basically just a self imposed inconvenience, I guess, but the real problem is that people space them out over months or years.
It’s exactly the same validity as the guy who thinks vaccines cause autism. There is zero scientific evidence for the idea that you should space out vaccinations.
Get vaccinated according to the CDC’s schedule. That schedule is designed to get kids vaccinated at the earliest possible time. There’s actual science behind it.
I am not going to shame parents that limit their kids to say one shot per arm, or to very few shots per visit. It’s a wasted effort and shows no flexibility. If they want to wait, let them wait. There is no reason to even basket them with the anti-vax crowd. They’re getting it done, and it’s still a better schedule than most the rest of the world is able to do.
Their kid(s) is going to be fully vaccinated before they start public school, even under the most spread out schedule,and they are not taking an exemption.
Save the effort for people who reject vaccines.
Liberty!
“As we contemplate forcing parents to choose this or that vaccine, I think it’s important to remember that force is not consistent with the American story, nor is force consistent with the liberty our forefathers sought when they came to America,” said Paul, reading off a paper. “I don’t think you have to have one or the other, though. I’m not here to say don’t vaccinate your kids. If this hearing is for persuasion I’m all for the persuasion. I’ve vaccinated myself and I’ve vaccinated my kids. For myself and my children I believe that the benefits of vaccines greatly outweighing the risks, but I still don’t favor giving up on liberty for a false sense of security.”
Dying of polio to own the libs!
Look, if you want to build your house out of bricks and lumber, that’s fine for you. I live next door and will build my house out of phosphorous, and we will each enjoy our freedom, right?
Ha, that bolded “false sense of security” really says a lot. To state the obvious: vaccines don’t bring a false sense of security; vaccines bring a real and measurable level of security.
And he’s a doctor. Go figure.
Well focusing solely on you and yours also shows a complete misunderstand or a rejection of the herd approach. It’s not just for the good of them and theirs.
Is he actually licensed by any group besides the one he founded?
It was a terrible ordeal for the child. It was so bad, they had to give him a tracheotomy. After all this, one would expect the parents would be looking to do anything and everything to make sure the child doesn’t ever have to go through this again.
I hope someday we’re able to prevent things like tetanus. Where’s science when we need it?
Please, let us figure out polio, measles, and rabies first.
I’m sure that the family paid the 800k, because it would be socialism for the rest of us to pick up the tab for their freedom.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/07/health/measles-josh-nerius/index.html
In addition they work on a farm. Farms are kind of, well there is typically a lot of rust around a farm. It comes with the territory as does minor accidents. I’ve got nothing against farming, ranching, lots of it around here, but it does get you exposed to stuff you might not typically get exposed to.
The family is also refusing to get vaccinated for sheep and hog STDs, which seems unwise given their alternative lifestyle beliefs.
Nice.
What about this, and I am sure insurance companies will get on board with this.
If you choose to not vaccinate your kids, any costs resultant of them getting measles,mumps,rubella,tetanus etc won’t be covered by insurance. Your insurance should cover the vaccines, not the costs of your idiocy. I don’t need my premiums to go up because some soccer mom from Tahoe doesn’t think that Braylen needs a tetanus booster.
Well, they should cover costs up to the cost of the vaccine. So like, $10 or whatever.
Sure, sounds good. Lets do it. And this is not to punish those kids who cannot get the vaccine because of health problems, this is to say, if you want health insurance, you need to get your kid vaccinated, or a doctor’s note saying they can’t be.