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Hoover Institution Visiting Fellow writes in SacBee: "Must cure baseless fear of doctors, vaccines"
Article was rerun in Stars and Stripes (link below), where I came across it.
READ THIS FIRST, EVERY WORD:
http://www.ptreyeslight.com/article/valley-mom-makes-case-choice-vaccines
Point Reyes Light: "Valley (military) mom makes case for choice in vaccines"
By Beau Evans
04/16/2015
Shouldn't BOTH been syndicated in Stars and Stripes?
http://www.stripes.com/opinion/must-cure-baseless-fear-of-doctors-vaccines-1.341604
Must cure baseless fear of doctors, vaccines
By Markos Kounalakis
The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee
Published: April 22, 2015
Doctors take a pledge to “First, do no harm.” This credo is derived from the Hippocratic Oath — a sworn solemn duty doctors make when they embark on their career. The Hippocratic Oath is nothing to sneeze at; few other professions require a swearing of allegiance to a millennia-old professional ethical and moral code.
Modern society deeply depends on doctors. Which is why recent international reactions against doctors — from mistrust to outright attack — represent a disturbing trend that can lead not only to an immediate threat to global health workers but can also precipitate that all-feared outbreak of uncontrollable epidemic.
Fear of doctors and vaccine programs is a worldwide phenomenon, from developing nations to the U.S. American trepidation toward state-mandated vaccines in school drew demonstrators last week against California legislation. Protesters came to the capital to fight a change in immunization exemptions. Celebrities added fuel to the fire. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stirred up a Sacramento crowd by challenging the legitimacy of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kennedy spoke at the film screening of “Trace Amounts,” linking vaccines to autism, a theory debunked by significant scientific evidence. He roused public emotion by saying vaccines are leading to a “holocaust.” He later apologized for using the charged word.
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Mice and rabbits are disproportionately infected in clinical testing labs. They also weigh heavily in the vaccine debate. The Disneyland outbreak made Mickey Mouse a symbol for the pro-vaccine argument, while former Playboy bunny and vocal skeptic Jenny McCarthy is the poster girl of the anti-vaccine crowd.
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...From Anaheim to Abbottabad, the shot heard round the world should remain a doctor’s inoculating hypodermic needle — it usually does no harm.
Markos Kounalakis is a research fellow at Central European University and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.
Must cure baseless fear of doctors, vaccines
By Markos Kounalakis
The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee
Published: April 22, 2015
Doctors take a pledge to “First, do no harm.” This credo is derived from the Hippocratic Oath — a sworn solemn duty doctors make when they embark on their career. The Hippocratic Oath is nothing to sneeze at; few other professions require a swearing of allegiance to a millennia-old professional ethical and moral code.
Modern society deeply depends on doctors. Which is why recent international reactions against doctors — from mistrust to outright attack — represent a disturbing trend that can lead not only to an immediate threat to global health workers but can also precipitate that all-feared outbreak of uncontrollable epidemic.
Fear of doctors and vaccine programs is a worldwide phenomenon, from developing nations to the U.S. American trepidation toward state-mandated vaccines in school drew demonstrators last week against California legislation. Protesters came to the capital to fight a change in immunization exemptions. Celebrities added fuel to the fire. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stirred up a Sacramento crowd by challenging the legitimacy of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kennedy spoke at the film screening of “Trace Amounts,” linking vaccines to autism, a theory debunked by significant scientific evidence. He roused public emotion by saying vaccines are leading to a “holocaust.” He later apologized for using the charged word.
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Mice and rabbits are disproportionately infected in clinical testing labs. They also weigh heavily in the vaccine debate. The Disneyland outbreak made Mickey Mouse a symbol for the pro-vaccine argument, while former Playboy bunny and vocal skeptic Jenny McCarthy is the poster girl of the anti-vaccine crowd.
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...From Anaheim to Abbottabad, the shot heard round the world should remain a doctor’s inoculating hypodermic needle — it usually does no harm.
Markos Kounalakis is a research fellow at Central European University and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.
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