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kleinbl00 · 4696 days ago · link · · parent · post: Anti-vaccine hysteria causing resurgence in preventable disease, with bonus delayed diagnoses

We're pretty much in total agreement - the one quibble I have is that if it wasn't Jenny McCarthy, it would have been somebody. I'm not entirely sure her heart was in the right place, but I'm unconvinced her heart was in the wrong place and I think that when you attempt to demonize a playboy pinup with a sense of humor as some sort of angel of death, you're getting lost in the buffoonery of what is a very real problem.

And that buffoonery - which I've been having out with #b_b - is the problem. Just so you're aware, spacing out your kids' vaccine schedules officially makes you a part of the "anti-vax movement." There are pediatricians who will refuse to see your kids.

It is my formal opinion that any product that requires a prescription to purchase should not be allowed to advertise. If I could point at one point in history where it all started spinning out of control, that's the spot I'd point at.

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mk · 4696 days ago · link ·

Just so you're aware, spacing out your kids' vaccine schedules officially makes you a part of the "anti-vax movement."

I can live with that if there's good reason for it. Which I would like to know more about, but I'm not getting much on PubMed.

It is my formal opinion that any product that requires a prescription to purchase should not be allowed to advertise.

It's also the formal opinion of every government in the World except for ours and New Zealand:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_marketing#To_use...

As an aside, for anyone that doubts the value of the chicken pox vaccine, they should talk to someone that has neuropathy due to shingles. My grandmother lived with excruciating pain for a decade. I'm glad I caught the chicken pox, although I was 18 and it was hell on earth.