It strikes me that the topic of vaccination schedules has become extremely polarized. Apparently you're either an anti-vaxxer or you're not?
How about a thoughtful, well-reasoned discussion, perhaps even on a disease-by-disease basis:
This recent NPR episode of “Ask Dr. Dawn” shows Dr. Dawn Motyka trying to have a thoughtful, well reasoned discussion about our current vaccination schedules:
Specifically from about 5:20-11:30 and then again from about 23:15-40:00 in the podcast.
A few highlights (paraphrased):
~6:30 - a discussion of adjuvants
~25:30 - rethink our schedules
~26:00 - a brief history of recent additions to the schedules
- some individual vaccines questioned: HepB, Veracil(sp?), HepA, Numococal(sp?), Rotovirus, influenza
~28:30 - we are over vaccinating our children
~32:45 - it’s become a polarized, red-state / blue state issue - (instead,we should): look at it disease by disease
~36:00 - public health calculus
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Thoughts?
How about a thoughtful, well-reasoned discussion, perhaps even on a disease-by-disease basis:
This recent NPR episode of “Ask Dr. Dawn” shows Dr. Dawn Motyka trying to have a thoughtful, well reasoned discussion about our current vaccination schedules:
Specifically from about 5:20-11:30 and then again from about 23:15-40:00 in the podcast.
A few highlights (paraphrased):
~6:30 - a discussion of adjuvants
~25:30 - rethink our schedules
~26:00 - a brief history of recent additions to the schedules
- some individual vaccines questioned: HepB, Veracil(sp?), HepA, Numococal(sp?), Rotovirus, influenza
~28:30 - we are over vaccinating our children
~32:45 - it’s become a polarized, red-state / blue state issue - (instead,we should): look at it disease by disease
~36:00 - public health calculus
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Thoughts?