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Luc's avatar

All "safe and effective' because they use another vaccine as a control, right?

Haven't seen a Doc (except for an emergency) in a long time.

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Karen Brennan, PhD's avatar

Hopefully you, me and the rest of us can keep it that way. I'm always amazed by the people who run to the medical doctor for everything, meaning every little sniffle and cough.

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Luc's avatar

If every one would have to dip in their own pocket they would think different. I've been self pay now (well I did do a health share for like 6 years but never even used it once) every since Obama care mandates came in. At that time my originally prices high deductible policy from BC which I got back in the 90's was like 100 went up year and after and when it hit $1,000 a month I stopped. Never wanted to have "work" insurance because I didn't want to be stuck with it. Now eligible for Medicare but not taking it.

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Karen Brennan, PhD's avatar

Cheaper for me to pay out of pocket than for monthly health insurance excluding any unavoidable emergency. I think health insurance is a racket too to oppress the masses. I've heard so many times that people won't even bother looking for other cancer cure options bc their insurance covers chemo.

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Jane Nelson's avatar

I have a PCP who describes himself as vaccine hesitant. Unfortunately, he isn't accepting new patients

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Karen Brennan, PhD's avatar

Probably bc he already has so many smart and like minded patients that he has no room for more. What he needs is to join forces with other like minded doctors in that area.

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Bill Rice, Jr.'s avatar

Good point. If people made it into their 80s without most of the vaccines today's kids have to get, why do they think they have to have vaccines now?

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Karen Brennan, PhD's avatar

Yes, It just makes no sense to me.

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Eloise Runels's avatar

The last time I was at an allopathic doctor was for my daughter. She needed an exemption for school and we decided to see what it was like to get one from our local clinic. The doctor was literally shaking when we said what we needed. In WA state the provider is supposed to lecture the parents on the risks of not getting the vaccine and then sign the form. All she said was ‘my child is autistic and it wasn’t caused by vaccines’ signed the form and left the room. I’m really tempted to go to an allopathic doctor now and lecture him/her on vaccines. Thank you Karen, for your brilliant articles! I read every one of them.

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Karen Brennan, PhD's avatar

Thank you for your kind words and for sharing that story. Well, at least she signed the form! But she never should have said your child’s autism is unrelated to a vaccine. When our son had severe psoriasis, he required the meningitis vax for college. The PA refused to sign the waiver but acknowledged that giving the vaccine would exacerbate the psoriasis. She didn't care about the high suicide rate amongst people with psoriasis. My holistic MD ended up signing the waiver.

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Valerie's avatar

I told my PCP that I don't do vaccines at all. He was very accepting and we moved on. In my experience that's very rare! I'll keep him, but I only see him if absolutely necessary.

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Bandit's avatar

YES! Doctors really do believe that health comes from a needle. Well....at least their bank accounts believe it.

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