RESULTS: The proportion of pediatricians reporting parental vaccine refusals increased from 74.5% in 2006 to 87.0% in 2013 (P < .001). Pediatricians perceive that parents are increasingly refusing vaccinations because parents believe they are unnecessary (63.4% in 2006 vs 73.1% in 2013; P = .002). A total of 75.0% of pediatricians reported that parents delay vaccines because of concern about discomfort, and 72.5% indicated that they delay because of concern for immune system burden. In 2006, 6.1% of pediatricians reported “always” dismissing patients for continued vaccine refusal, and by 2013 that percentage increased to 11.7% (P = .004).CONCLUSIONS: Pediatricians reported increased vaccine refusal between 2006 and 2013. They perceive that vaccine-refusing parents increasingly believe that immunizations are unnecessary. Pediatricians continue to provide vaccine education but are also dismissing patients at higher rates.
the flu vaccine is a joke.
Good to see parents respecting the NAP.Now we just need to stop them enrolling children in school against their will.
Quote from: Joyce Byers on August 30, 2016, 06:07:46 PMthe flu vaccine is a joke.Just in case anyone's thinking this might be true, please get the flu vaccine. It saves thousands of children and elderly people each year, and herd immunity applies.
Just in case anyone's thinking this might be true, please get the flu vaccine. It saves thousands of children and elderly people each year, and herd immunity applies.
Class has slowly been turning into Camnator since Sep7 went up
they were basically partners in crime on b.old
Quote from: Alt-Turkey on August 30, 2016, 06:44:34 PMQuote from: Joyce Byers on August 30, 2016, 06:07:46 PMthe flu vaccine is a joke.Just in case anyone's thinking this might be true, please get the flu vaccine. It saves thousands of children and elderly people each year, and herd immunity applies.Except that's a fucking lie, and 100% government propaganda.
Quote from: Joyce Byers on August 30, 2016, 10:54:05 PMQuote from: Alt-Turkey on August 30, 2016, 06:44:34 PMQuote from: Joyce Byers on August 30, 2016, 06:07:46 PMthe flu vaccine is a joke.Just in case anyone's thinking this might be true, please get the flu vaccine. It saves thousands of children and elderly people each year, and herd immunity applies.Except that's a fucking lie, and 100% government propaganda.25,000 die each year because of the flu. How does it feel to personally contribute to those deaths?
Quote from: Alt-Turkey on August 31, 2016, 05:46:14 AMQuote from: Joyce Byers on August 30, 2016, 10:54:05 PMQuote from: Alt-Turkey on August 30, 2016, 06:44:34 PMQuote from: Joyce Byers on August 30, 2016, 06:07:46 PMthe flu vaccine is a joke.Just in case anyone's thinking this might be true, please get the flu vaccine. It saves thousands of children and elderly people each year, and herd immunity applies.Except that's a fucking lie, and 100% government propaganda.25,000 die each year because of the flu. How does it feel to personally contribute to those deaths?The sparse amount of people who die from the flu (it's not 25,000)
The new average is an average of the past 31 seasons. It goes all the way back to 1976. But if you were to look at just the past 10 seasons, the average per year is higher — 32,743.Or you can look at this way: In some years as few as 3,349 have died (back in 1986-7). But the highest annual average toll was 48,614, just seven seasons ago (2003-4).
wouldn't have been helped by a flu vaccine anyway. The whole thing is a cash grab, and the vaccine itself is also packed with many other harmful chemicals than the flu shot.
While the main fixation of anti-vaccine groups is an old, discredited study linking vaccination to autism, another is a conspiracy theory circulated online that both doctors and pharmaceutical companies stand to profit financially from vaccination—which supposedly leads to perverse incentives in advocating for the public to vaccinate.But that argument is historically unfounded. Not only do pediatricians and doctors often lose money on vaccine administration, it wasn't too long ago that the vaccine industry was struggling with slim profit margins and shortages. The Economist wrote that "for decades vaccines were a neglected corner of the drugs business, with old technology, little investment and abysmal profit margins. Many firms sold their vaccine divisions to concentrate on more profitable drugs."In fact, vaccines were so unprofitable that some companies stopped making them altogether. In 1967, there were 26 vaccine manufactures. That number dropped to 17 by 1980. Ten years ago, the financial incentives to produce vaccines were so weak that there was growing concern that pharmaceutical companies were abandoning the vaccine business for selling more-profitable daily drug treatments. Compared with drugs that require daily doses, vaccines are only administered once a year or a lifetime. The pharmaceutical company Wyeth (which has since been acquired by Pfizer) reported that they stopped making the flu vaccine because the margins were so low....In the U.S., a study looking at the benefits of vaccination between 1994 and 2013 estimated a net savings of $295 billion in direct costs and $1.38 trillion in total societal costs. Looking at the last 50 years of the vaccine market, it's absurd to think profits could have ever been the sole motivation of vaccine production. In fact, 83 percent of Americans believe that the MMR vaccine is safe. Profits from vaccine production aren't a valid argument against vaccinations—the most important question is whether vaccines are safe and effective, and the answer is unambiguously yes.
Nice government-backed studies.
Quote from: Joyce Byers on August 31, 2016, 03:31:37 PMNice government-backed studies.Sorry they're not drawn in Crayon for you.
The whole thing is a cash grab
Quote from: Joyce Byers on August 31, 2016, 03:01:32 PMThe whole thing is a cash grabyou have to pay for the flu shot in the US?
Quote from: Prehistoric on August 31, 2016, 04:48:03 PMQuote from: Joyce Byers on August 31, 2016, 03:01:32 PMThe whole thing is a cash grabyou have to pay for the flu shot in the US?Insurance companies do, and they up your premiums because of it.
More Parents Opting to Not Vaccinate Children, New Study shows
