I saw an obituary for an itty baby who died of one of the vax-able diseases once, and according to the parents, it was contracted from a nonvaxed kid they didn't know was nonvaxed. Then there was a rubella scare in my AP community and all these preggo moms were like, "Shit, was I around that kid?!" Too much risk, too much paranoia, and if I had a med frag kid I would be pissed as all hell to learn that someone hadn't informed me they'd opted out of vaxing. I also don't want it on my head if my kid were to give an illness to a kid who couldn't be vaxed
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Yr last paragraph is totally right on. Its always easier to blame something specific and external, no? Vauge "likely a combo of genes, environment, things you do, bla bla" is not fun for patients to hear.
I do think its bogus that the clinic told you that yr medicaid would be jeapordized if you didn't do X, tho.
Religious exemptions...I feel that people should have a right to choose what to do with their bodies. I do think that we live in a bigger community that is put in jeapordy when folks don't vax. I also think that Religious Exemptions are falsely used sometimes. Like if you don't have a religious exemption, don't lie and claim it. What do you think about it?
As far as I know, you cannot drop anyone from MediCal if they don't do X. I think you can drop a patient from your clinic (for any reason) which I could imagine being equivelent to not having health insurance if there aren't any other options that take MediCal in yr area. However, you have to notify pt in writing and it cannot cause harm to the pt, or else it is unethical. I would consider talking to the specific MD, or talking to ethics board.
So, I wonder if these MDs know something I don't. If they are "encouraging" or misleading patients intentionally?
I don't know, but maybe on the private insurance market, a company could droop a family if they didn't vax? Like it'd be a higher risk group? I'm just guessing that it could be a possiblity, I have no idea.
I totally understand parents of autistic children wanting to know why their child is autistic.
Yeah dude, I think people just so often want to find A REASON and will cling onto anything so they have something to blame for the issue. I can understand that to a point, but when there is no evidence to support that claim, it is just frustrating.
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I do think its bogus that the clinic told you that yr medicaid would be jeapordized if you didn't do X, tho.
Religious exemptions...I feel that people should have a right to choose what to do with their bodies. I do think that we live in a bigger community that is put in jeapordy when folks don't vax. I also think that Religious Exemptions are falsely used sometimes. Like if you don't have a religious exemption, don't lie and claim it. What do you think about it?
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So, I wonder if these MDs know something I don't. If they are "encouraging" or misleading patients intentionally?
I don't know, but maybe on the private insurance market, a company could droop a family if they didn't vax? Like it'd be a higher risk group? I'm just guessing that it could be a possiblity, I have no idea.
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Yeah dude, I think people just so often want to find A REASON and will cling onto anything so they have something to blame for the issue. I can understand that to a point, but when there is no evidence to support that claim, it is just frustrating.
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