Here is the item I was looking for yesterday from a doctor explaining why there can’t be unvaccinated children in his waiting room.
Mike Ginsberg
In my practice you will vaccinate and you will vaccinate on time. You will not get your own “spaced-out” schedule that increases your child’s risk of illness or adverse event. I will not have measles-shedding children sitting in my waiting room. I will answer all your questions about vaccine and present you with facts, but if you will not vaccinate then you will leave my practice. I will file a CPS report (not that they will do anything) for medical neglect, too.
I have patients who are premature infants with weak lungs and hearts. I have kids with complex congenital heart disease. I have kids who are on chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia who cannot get all of their vaccines. In short, I have patients who have true special needs and true health issues who could suffer severe injury or death because of your magical belief that your kid is somehow more special than other children and that what’s good for other children is not good for yours.
This pediatrician is not putting up with it. Never have, never will.
True health issues.
For someone who’s immunocompromised the world is a horrible and threatening place. I agree – keep your little adorable disease vectors vaccinated.
Bravo.
More power to him!
YES
When my son was small, his pediatrician had a sign up in the waiting room to the effect that parents who didn’t believe in vaccination should find another pediatrician. I appreciated that.
Perfect.
Fuck. Yeah.
Nice to see a statement like that – direct, informative, reasonable, and emphatic.
This guy is my hero, yes.