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Re(2): Lands of the Free? Non-compulsory vaccination in Europe?

To: Charles Waltemath,c…@ohsu.edu,Internet

CW>  The problem with disease control by immunization is that there
CW> finally emerges a controling group (parents) who have never
CW> experienced those diseases, or their complications and mortality.

This is an overreaction that assumes that no health care professionals have
qualms about over-vaccination as <the> method of disease prevention. There
are holistic treatments for pertussis, for instance, and there is no
substitute for enhancing and maintaining high resistance through an
understanding of diet and lifestyle. No one is saying (I think) that we
shouldn’t vaccinate from polio. But measles doesn’t kill a whole lot of
children, and vaccination is feared to have detrimental effects on health, a
view I support. In many cases the trade-off is acceptible. In others, not.
Castigating parents for not following MD’s like sheep to the slaughter is not
realistic. MD’s have been wrong in spite of virulent threats, many, many
times. In a society that has just "discovered" that cigarettes are toxic in
the last thirty years, I would think we would be cautious about attacking
parents for their hesitation.

- "Only he who takes more obligation receives more in return. Nature must
pay." -GG

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One Response to “Re(2): Lands of the Free? Non-compulsory vaccination in Europe?”

  1. admin says:
    November 9, 2009 at 7:46 am

    To: Anthony Lobo,alo…@cc.swarthmore.edu,Internet

    AL> I agree wholeheartedly with this post, and would like to add that, in
    AL> the case of bacterial infections, antibiotic resistance is becoming a
    AL> huge problem.  The days when a case of pertussis, bacterial
    AL> meningitis or other bacterial disease for which vaccination is an
    AL> effective strategy can be cured by antibiotic therapy is rapidly
    AL> coming to an end.

    Entirely ignoring the correlate of excessive vaccination therapy, which is
    overuse of antibiotics. There are other means to treat mild cases of disease,
    without reliance on the few hammers and wrench’s in the MD’s toolbag.
    Prescribing antibiotics for colds is a heinous practice that in part is
    producing the issue you are noting.

    - "In town remember that the carriage does not get the shaking it needs to
    lubricate it; that it was designed for a bumpy road." -GG