Dangerous online writing demands physician attention

This report is the most comprehensive examination of the immunization schedule to date. The IOM committee uncovered no evidence of major safety concerns associated with adherence to the childhood immunization schedule. The science is clear that living a life with vaccines is a safer one. Great thing is you can have it best: eat organic, leave a near-zero carbon footprint, and avoid life-threatening infections for you and your children with safe vaccines as recommended by the Center for Disease Control and The American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Edgar Marcuse a pediatrician and epidemiologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital and The University of Washington responded to Edwards’ article, To argue that polio was not eradicated from the Western Hemisphere in the US by the Salk and Sabin polio vaccines would suggest the UNICEF, Rotary Club and Gates Foundation all got it wrong. Mr. Edward’s rant is utter foolishness – filled with errors, specious associations, misleading statements and nonsense. I’m uninterested in nit-picking all of the sentences Mr. Edwards presents that mislead and perpetuate myth. Studies show when you write about myth coupled with factual rebuttals, many people have a hard time remembering what point was myth and what was fact … As a pediatrician and mom I’m bewildered by Edwards’ ill-attempt to frighten parents with falsehoods as the school year begins. Certainly makes us wonder if any other claim for a healthy, organic lifestyle as qu...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Family Physicians Tags: Physician Pediatrics Source Type: blogs