tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post277288392260594010..comments2024-03-27T15:43:53.969-04:00Comments on Adventures in Autism: AAP Decides that Insulting Parents Will Increase Vaccination RatesGinger Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200286625735078479noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-8397054762449144442008-06-23T13:51:00.000-04:002008-06-23T13:51:00.000-04:00Ginger, point well taken! I investigated further ...Ginger, point well taken! <BR/><BR/>I investigated further and found where you could leave feedback regarding articles they publish.<BR/>http://aapnews.aappublications.org/cgi/feedback <BR/><BR/>I left feedback regarding the sample letter/policy and encourage others to do the same.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447553447775700278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-59735212692429987422008-06-22T11:28:00.000-04:002008-06-22T11:28:00.000-04:00Whooping cough is actually much more serious in yo...Whooping cough is actually much more serious in young children than in adults. When my husband had it he literally couldn't breath during coughing fits. We became very educated on whooping cough and he learned to stay calm, and his breath would return. A small child doesn't have that ability. <BR/><BR/>http://www.siumed.edu/news/releasesFY05/WhoopingChaud.htmUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447553447775700278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-13790003698273496392008-06-22T00:13:00.000-04:002008-06-22T00:13:00.000-04:00Wow. Just when I thought I had seen or heard it a...Wow. Just when I thought I had seen or heard it all...that is definately on my top 10 list now as one of the most stupid things I've heard about ever. I cannot believe the audacity of the AAP - though by now nothing they do ought to surprise me. Good grief. Thank you for posting this story. I'm going to pass it along.Lynna Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05500011890113673778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-52513025940302243342008-06-21T16:34:00.000-04:002008-06-21T16:34:00.000-04:00"the AAP didn't show up for the rally and well... ..."the AAP didn't show up for the rally and well... this certainly signals that the window is closed. They want it closed. And it looks like they may be locking it"<BR/><BR/> Why did they do it in the first place I wonder? Because they think we are idiots? (apparently..)<BR/><BR/> As for whooping cough, is it one of those diseases that are more serious to adults than to children? Does the immunity incurred by the DTP (or DTaP) shot lifelong? If so, getting a DTP shot as a child would not necessarily protect an adult. However, devloping immunity the old-fashioned way (by getting the disease) might. It's also possibly that waning DTP-induced immunity might be strengthened by exposure to wild-type bacteria (just as protection against VZV-caused shingles is strengthened by exposure to chicken pox HHV virus).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03019247553110760577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-7693507201582179292008-06-21T14:22:00.000-04:002008-06-21T14:22:00.000-04:00Kathi,The AAP printed said letter on the front pag...Kathi,<BR/><BR/>The AAP printed said letter on the front page of their newsletter. They have endorsed the letter and the practice of turning patients away.<BR/><BR/>If that is not holding it out as an example to be followed, then nothing is.<BR/><BR/>As it DOES violate their previously stated policy that patients should not be turned away, I can only assume that they have reversed their policy.<BR/><BR/>Or else why would they not have an asterisk next to it saying that it went against their current policy? Or simply have written their own version of a sample letter of their own using the All Star letter as a template to work from, leaving out anything they didn't recommend or endorse?<BR/><BR/>Twice publishing that letter, first in their newsletter an then on their web site, is recommending it.Ginger Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200286625735078479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-52858555472900602992008-06-21T12:41:00.000-04:002008-06-21T12:41:00.000-04:00Actually, the AAP doesn't recommend insulting pare...Actually, the AAP doesn't recommend insulting parents. If you read all the links, they recommend informing, listening to, and respecting parents.<BR/><BR/>The one letter under the link "pediatricians tell parents" is from a single doctors office, as a sample if others want to use it. It is one of several links on the page, with every other link being about educating and respecting parents, and NOT kicking them out of their practice.<BR/> <BR/>http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/providers-guide-parents-questioning-vacc.htm<BR/> <BR/>Excluding patients from your practice whose parents decline immunizations is not deemed the best public health strategy. Remember, unimmunized young children did not decide for themselves to forgo vaccination. If you don’t care for them, who will? <BR/> <BR/>I personally don't believe vaccines cause all autism. I do believe there are cases of autism due to vaccine reaction. I also really believe in and understand the importance of vaccines, especially in our community. We have a very large illegal population in our area, which is often unvaccinated. I know of people who have come to our community from out of the country carrying TB and measles. If your child is exposed to children who have not been vaccinated and possibly carrying these diseases, you would want them protected. Two years ago, my husband caught whooping cough, the "P" in the DPT shot. It was very scary to see him have coughing spells, and wonder if I would have to call 911. It lasted for months, and is something I wouldn't wish on anyone. He was vaccinated as a child, but obviously that one has worn off. <BR/> <BR/>Please understand that I'm not saying these things to "SCARE" anyone into vaccinating, or as racist devisive remarks. It's just the way it is.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447553447775700278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-81071044668447873472008-06-20T20:47:00.000-04:002008-06-20T20:47:00.000-04:00We parents suspected that the AAP officers were fo...We parents suspected that the AAP officers were fools, and now they've opened their mouths and removed all doubt.<BR/><BR/>Out goes the care and in comes the bullying. Next they'll be rewriting the Hippocratic oath on a web page with ads from their Pharma donors.<BR/><BR/>As I've noted elsewhere, the press release writer made 3 grammatical errors in the first paragraph alone. Shooting themselves in the foot yet again. Nitwits.nhokkanenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827068765154525878noreply@blogger.com