Wednesday, February 11, 2015

I read the ANTI-VAXXER manifesto so you don't have to

https://annamirer.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/i-read-the-anti-vaccine-doctors-manifesto-so-you-dont-have-to/

It is a frequent theme in anti-vaccination circles that you should not follow medical advice just because a doctor told you to. I 100% agree. Any doctor who cannot articulate her reasoning to you, acts like you aren’t capable of understanding the issues affecting your own body and mind just because you aren’t a doctor, or answers your question with any variation of “Because I said so,” deserves your mistrust. As is true for most professions, some doctors are stars, most are competent and worth working with, and a few need to find another line of work. Even great doctors make mistakes, or just get the wrong end of the stick on certain issues. You shouldn’t take anything a doctor says as gospel just because of the degree he holds. After all, some unlucky day you might find yourself in the care of a reprehensible sleazebag that has somehow oozed through the cracks in the medical system and is still allowed to call himself a physician–someone like Jack Wolfson.

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