Wake Up: California Vaccine Exemption Crackdown: From Parents to Doctors
By Anne Dachel
California wants to pull this doctor's license. Here's how it's sparked a new battle over child vaccinations.
Dr. Robert Sears is one of the leading voices in the anti-vaccination world, a hero to parents suspicious of childhood immunizations that public health officials say are crucial to preventing disease outbreaks.
So when the Medical Board of California announced last week that it was moving to pull the Orange County pediatrician’s medical license, it immediately set the stage for a new battle in the long-running fight over whether schoolchildren should be vaccinated....
For UC Hastings law professor Dorit Reiss, the meaning behind Sears’ case is clear: “We’re not just going to stand by and let you give unjustified exemptions and prevent children from being protected from these diseases.”
But vaccination skeptics both in California and nationally expressed alarm at the action against Sears, fearing it marks the beginning of a witch hunt against doctors and others who object to the state vaccination schedule.
"They’re using Dr. Sears as an example — a shot across all the doctors’ bows,” said Rebecca Estepp, who is part of an advocacy group that opposed the new vaccine law....
Dr. Jay Gordon, a Santa Monica pediatrician who also opposes stricter vaccine laws, called the medical board’s action an attack on a physician’s ability to judge whether a patient should be exempt from a vaccine.
Gordon said he has known Sears for years and called him “seriously dedicated to the health and welfare of children.” Gordon said that although the state found fault with Sears for notes it considered incomplete, many doctors use similar shorthand.
“I know that somebody could challenge my medical exemptions, but I’m complying with the letter of the law and the spirit of the law and I’m very bothered by this,” Gordon said. “For all I know, I’m the next person they’re planning to pursue.”...
Cassandra Hockenson, a spokeswoman for the medical board, declined to elaborate on the case involving Sears but said the agency began investigating after receiving a complaint. “The Medical Board of California’s mission is consumer protection and to ensure that the proper standard of care is exercised,” she said....
Two of the nation’s leading pediatric infectious disease specialists say they cannot think of any reason why a 2-year-old boy should receive a sweeping recommendation against all future vaccines for the duration of his childhood.
“This doesn’t make any sense,” said Dr. James Cherry, a UCLA research professor and primary editor of the Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Even children with cancer can safely get certain vaccines, he said.
“The vaccines are all made differently. They’re all based on different biological principles,” said Dr. Paul Offit, infectious diseases expert at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “I can’t understand how a physician could conclude that a person shouldn’t get any vaccines” for the rest of childhood.
It was amazing that Becky Estepp's fourteen words were included. Notice also what Jay Gordon had to say about Dr. Sears.
Pay attention to the underlying message here: THERE ARE ALMOST NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE DEMAND THAT EVERY CHILD BE VACCINATED.
Anne Dachel is Media Editor for Age of Autism.
According to Del Bigtree, parents in Mississippi report not being able to get an autism diagnosis so the recorded autism rate in Mississippi is artificially low:
https://youtu.be/X6Dltm8yYB0?t=15m51s
Something to see in California in the near future? Impossible to obtain medical exemptions and impossible to obtain diagnoses of anything that might make vaccines and SB277 look bad?
Posted by: Jeannette Bishop | September 14, 2016 at 12:10 PM
" Dr. Paul Offit, infectious diseases expert at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “I can’t understand how a physician could conclude that a person shouldn’t get any vaccines” for the rest of childhood."
I would like Mr Offit to lay out a plan on how to determine exactly which vaccine ingredient or combination of factors led to a severe reaction in this child. If it were his child would he just begin the process of elimination? Bad reaction, death, disability or otherwise. It seems to me this person Offit is very detached and views humans as items to be experimented on. He's like a rich child, an evil giant with a magnifying glass. Still waiting for him to take the recommended schedule for children, I wouldn't even hold him to the 10,000. C'mon profit Offit, just the kiddie shots, I dare ya.
Posted by: Jeff | September 13, 2016 at 08:28 PM
In case anyone wants to hear Offit actually speak along these lines...apologies...
http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2016/09/12/52016/cas-battle-over-childhood-immunization-shifts-to-o/
Dr. Gordon follows Dr. Offit.
Posted by: Jeannette Bishop | September 13, 2016 at 03:29 PM
“The vaccines are all made differently. They’re all based on different biological principles,” said Dr. Paul Offit, infectious diseases expert at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “I can’t understand how a physician could conclude that a person shouldn’t get any vaccines” for the rest of childhood."
In my humble opinion .. by this statement .. Offit is admitting .. by his carefully selected use of the word "any" instead of "all" .. that pediatricians have legitimate reasons to conclude a child "shouldn't get ALL vaccines"
And so .. please .. Mr Offit .. tell us why you didn't use the word "ALL" recommended and approved vaccines?
Posted by: Bob Moffit | September 13, 2016 at 09:34 AM
More medical fascism from Kalifornia uber alles....
(There's a reason it's a republic, and NOT a state.....
Posted by: Bill | September 13, 2016 at 09:21 AM
Science is pure
That sounds a bit different from the 10,000 vaccine doctrine.
Posted by: John Stone | September 13, 2016 at 08:03 AM
“The vaccines are all made differently. They’re all based on different biological principles,” said Dr. Paul Offit, infectious diseases expert at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “I can’t understand how a physician could conclude that a person shouldn’t get any vaccines” for the rest of childhood.
There is no way of isolating what component in any particular vaccine causes a reaction so a blanket waiver is the only certain way to prevent further difficulties.
Posted by: Science is pure. People are corrupt. | September 13, 2016 at 06:56 AM