The docs of that practice should lose their medical licenses.
ETA: My mom has concerns over vaccines. This may be a low blow, but I like to remind her how her sister died of operable/treatable cancer at age 50 b/c homeopathic remedies were the way to go, not big medicine b/c she bought into this junk science bullsh*t. Now she has a granddaughter she'll never meet - it's been 7+ years and it still makes me very angry.
A google search makes me thing this isn't really a pediatricians office- the first link on their "specialties" is to Botox- along with colon hyrdotherpay makes this seem like a strip mall medical office.
This post is making my head explode, so I will just say this: Andrew Wakefield's Lancet paper was, in fact, retracted on account of falsified data. His medical license was revoked. Anyone who brings up his work as "evidence" against vaccines gets an instant dismissal from me.
I have a friend from the area who shared this yesterday. Someone commented on the awful grammar and she responded saying that due to her "many" years of healthcare experience (read: she sells EO) that the docs probably wrote a rough outline and had the front office staff write it up. She then talked about the docs' and nurses' education and how we should judge them based on that, rather than their writing skills.
Because how you express yourself on such an important issue isn't important. :/
Fwiw - They don't accept insurance. Not sure if that's the office's choice or not. Do ins companies have rules about vaccinating? But they do provide the forms for you to file your insurance for out of network.
How is he able to maintain his license or better yet, what company is underwriting his medical malpractice insurance? I don see how any insurance company would knowingly insure a doctor who is going against medical standards?
This post is making my head explode, so I will just say this: Andrew Wakefield's Lancet paper was, in fact, retracted on account of falsified data. His medical license was revoked. Anyone who brings up his work as "evidence" against vaccines gets an instant dismissal from me.
Exactly! And I'm not sure how a study of 12 children could prove anything even if his methods and data were correct.