"informed" vaccination decisions?
Anybody who is exempting their kids from vaccines because of "religious" reasons (when they're not "christian scientists") or thinks it might give their kids autism is completely UNinformed.
Oh, I am furious with the Today Show today for giving some ranting mother with no proof at all from any doctor or scientist the last word that she thinks her kids got "sick" from vaccines with out a counter-point. Yet another case of bad science reporting where actually presenting the evidence that there is NO documentable connection between vaccines and child development problems will take so much time that the news would rather just leave it on the sensationalism and let FACTS fall by the wayside. Not the least when she let slip on the air that one of the conditions is genetic, meaning there is nothing in the world that could have "given" it to the kid, not least a shot with dead measle bugs in it.
Many childhood diseases, often ones that are genetic, show symptoms around age 4-6. Most children get the bulk of their final vaccinations (if not done as infants) around age 4-6. This is called coincidence, not causality.
Really, TodayShow, you just made things a whole lot worse for doctors out there.
Oh, I am furious with the Today Show today for giving some ranting mother with no proof at all from any doctor or scientist the last word that she thinks her kids got "sick" from vaccines with out a counter-point. Yet another case of bad science reporting where actually presenting the evidence that there is NO documentable connection between vaccines and child development problems will take so much time that the news would rather just leave it on the sensationalism and let FACTS fall by the wayside. Not the least when she let slip on the air that one of the conditions is genetic, meaning there is nothing in the world that could have "given" it to the kid, not least a shot with dead measle bugs in it.
Many childhood diseases, often ones that are genetic, show symptoms around age 4-6. Most children get the bulk of their final vaccinations (if not done as infants) around age 4-6. This is called coincidence, not causality.
Really, TodayShow, you just made things a whole lot worse for doctors out there.