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Hoover Institution Visiting Fellow writes in SacBee: "Must cure baseless fear of doctors, vaccines"
Article was rerun in Stars and Stripes (link below), where I came across it.
READ THIS FIRST, EVERY WORD:
http://www.ptreyeslight.com/article/valley-mom-makes-case-choice-vaccines
Point Reyes Light: "Valley (military) mom makes case for choice in vaccines"
By Beau Evans
04/16/2015
Shouldn't BOTH been syndicated in Stars and Stripes?
http://www.stripes.com/opinion/must-cure-baseless-fear-of-doctors-vaccines-1.341604
Must cure baseless fear of doctors, vaccines
By Markos Kounalakis
The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee
Published: April 22, 2015
Doctors take a pledge to First, do no harm. This credo is derived from the Hippocratic Oath a sworn solemn duty doctors make when they embark on their career. The Hippocratic Oath is nothing to sneeze at; few other professions require a swearing of allegiance to a millennia-old professional ethical and moral code.
Modern society deeply depends on doctors. Which is why recent international reactions against doctors from mistrust to outright attack represent a disturbing trend that can lead not only to an immediate threat to global health workers but can also precipitate that all-feared outbreak of uncontrollable epidemic.
Fear of doctors and vaccine programs is a worldwide phenomenon, from developing nations to the U.S. American trepidation toward state-mandated vaccines in school drew demonstrators last week against California legislation. Protesters came to the capital to fight a change in immunization exemptions. Celebrities added fuel to the fire. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stirred up a Sacramento crowd by challenging the legitimacy of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kennedy spoke at the film screening of Trace Amounts, linking vaccines to autism, a theory debunked by significant scientific evidence. He roused public emotion by saying vaccines are leading to a holocaust. He later apologized for using the charged word.
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Mice and rabbits are disproportionately infected in clinical testing labs. They also weigh heavily in the vaccine debate. The Disneyland outbreak made Mickey Mouse a symbol for the pro-vaccine argument, while former Playboy bunny and vocal skeptic Jenny McCarthy is the poster girl of the anti-vaccine crowd.
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...From Anaheim to Abbottabad, the shot heard round the world should remain a doctors inoculating hypodermic needle it usually does no harm.
Markos Kounalakis is a research fellow at Central European University and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.
Must cure baseless fear of doctors, vaccines
By Markos Kounalakis
The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee
Published: April 22, 2015
Doctors take a pledge to First, do no harm. This credo is derived from the Hippocratic Oath a sworn solemn duty doctors make when they embark on their career. The Hippocratic Oath is nothing to sneeze at; few other professions require a swearing of allegiance to a millennia-old professional ethical and moral code.
Modern society deeply depends on doctors. Which is why recent international reactions against doctors from mistrust to outright attack represent a disturbing trend that can lead not only to an immediate threat to global health workers but can also precipitate that all-feared outbreak of uncontrollable epidemic.
Fear of doctors and vaccine programs is a worldwide phenomenon, from developing nations to the U.S. American trepidation toward state-mandated vaccines in school drew demonstrators last week against California legislation. Protesters came to the capital to fight a change in immunization exemptions. Celebrities added fuel to the fire. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stirred up a Sacramento crowd by challenging the legitimacy of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kennedy spoke at the film screening of Trace Amounts, linking vaccines to autism, a theory debunked by significant scientific evidence. He roused public emotion by saying vaccines are leading to a holocaust. He later apologized for using the charged word.
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Mice and rabbits are disproportionately infected in clinical testing labs. They also weigh heavily in the vaccine debate. The Disneyland outbreak made Mickey Mouse a symbol for the pro-vaccine argument, while former Playboy bunny and vocal skeptic Jenny McCarthy is the poster girl of the anti-vaccine crowd.
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...From Anaheim to Abbottabad, the shot heard round the world should remain a doctors inoculating hypodermic needle it usually does no harm.
Markos Kounalakis is a research fellow at Central European University and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.
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Hoover Institution Visiting Fellow writes in SacBee: "Must cure baseless fear of doctors, vaccines" (Original Post)
proverbialwisdom
Apr 2015
OP
all sane people agree on the importance of getting as many people vaccinated as possible.
geek tragedy
Apr 2015
#1
That's not the issue, is it? Step back 30 years in the US, or into another 1st-world country today.
proverbialwisdom
Apr 2015
#2
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)1. all sane people agree on the importance of getting as many people vaccinated as possible.
This guy is much more lucid on the subject--despite being a conservative--than loons like RFK Jr.
proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)2. That's not the issue, is it? Step back 30 years in the US, or into another 1st-world country today.
Note the differences in the scope and timing of the RECOMMENDED (NOT MANDATED) immunization schedules. Compare overall health outcomes. Do it, be honest, share what you learn.
Seen this? Check it out: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141070770#post37