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I'll spare everyone the color coded responses.
The debate you suggest should include an epidemiologist knowledgeable in the field---far more experienced in this topic than I would be. I'm comfortable with my opinion and so are my patients.
I'm sure nothing I can say would change your opinion and that's OK as long as you realize the risks of not vaccinating your children.
Curious-do you read the Product Inserts for medications? If you do, then how do you decide whether to take it or are more concerned about the side effects?
Herd Immunity is a term in the medical literature -please don't compare it to NAZIS-but you should understand what the term means and why people are concerned about it.
Your reference to autism has been debunked by the medical community at the cost of millions of tax dollars on studies in this country and in Europe. Wonder why we have Measles epidemics?
During residency I had the unfortunate event of a needle stick from a patient--Thank G-d , I'm thankful for the Hep B vaccine-- and had the chance to meet the MD who helped create it.
Years ago, one of my colleagues got needle stuck from an AIDS patient-went on AZT for an entire month (every 4 hrs - day and night)
A vaccine would have come in handy for him----or for that person who contracts an infectious disease from taiinted blood products-remember Arthur Ashe? If you don't know who that is-look up his name.
I also remember seeing a patient die of meningococcal meningitis prior to vaccine development--I remember treating him prior to that illness
Why aren't you afraid of that?
I have 2 friends who walk with with a limp-one who contracted Polio as a child prior to the vaccine--now dependent on a wheelchair and the 2nd who says he received a Measles vaccine in childhood.--Both of these grandparents believe in the role of vaccine protection.
It's not a perfect world -product benefits vs side effects---but the vast majority have benefited from the benefits of vaccination
I don't have data for you-but perhaps the CDC or CHOP would-
What I don't understand about your posts is your ANGER on this topic---why? No one is asking to vaccinate your children that's YOUR responsibilty to decide.
Quoting Rav Moshe Feinstein, Z"TL to make your point? My Rav received smicha from R' Moshe and has vaccinated his children--
Why don't you ask R' Reuven or R' Dovid- for further clarity-They both would speak to you.
Honestly, the real reason I'm responding to you-is not for you-since you are entrenched in your ideas-but it's for all the others out there who don't know much about the subject and will be swayed by you with out asking their LMD (LOCAL MD)
The Doctor who they trust who has been with them through the years is the one they should reach out to ask for an opinion
about a medical topic....of course they should supplement the information from "reliable sources"