This is all on Donald Trump and his cult for politicizing the virus and then politicizing the vaccine. But it's also on the suckers and losers who fell for the grift. In my lifetime I have seen smallpox, polio, measles, mumps, chickenpox, tetanus, and diphtheria wiped out with vaccines. That's just in this country. When I went to Africa in 1980, I had to be vaccinated for cholera, typhoid, and yellow fever, and in addition I had to have another smallpox vaccination, which didn't "take" because I was still immunized from the childhood vaccination.
I've related the story of the polio vaccine rollout in Dallas in 1962. Over 90% of the population of nearly a million people took the oral vaccine over the course of a couple of weekends in July and August. Swimming pools reopened. (Water was thought to be one mode of transmission, but we didn't really know.) Parents no longer feared their child would be next.
Excellent question. We DID sink so low and we keep drifting lower. What's to be gained by arguing against science? That's like standing outside in a tornado and willing the funnel cloud to skip your house. Good luck with that.
Here is what the AMA says about the ethics of it. You have to read the whole thing for the full answer. It's complicated and it depends.
I don't know this physician's situation, but he could be missing out on having conversations with people who are unvaccinated. Private conversations with trusted medical providers could change minds.
This is all on Donald Trump and his cult for politicizing the virus and then politicizing the vaccine. But it's also on the suckers and losers who fell for the grift. In my lifetime I have seen smallpox, polio, measles, mumps, chickenpox, tetanus, and diphtheria wiped out with vaccines. That's just in this country. When I went to Africa in 1980, I had to be vaccinated for cholera, typhoid, and yellow fever, and in addition I had to have another smallpox vaccination, which didn't "take" because I was still immunized from the childhood vaccination.
I've related the story of the polio vaccine rollout in Dallas in 1962. Over 90% of the population of nearly a million people took the oral vaccine over the course of a couple of weekends in July and August. Swimming pools reopened. (Water was thought to be one mode of transmission, but we didn't really know.) Parents no longer feared their child would be next.
How did we sink so low?
Excellent question. We DID sink so low and we keep drifting lower. What's to be gained by arguing against science? That's like standing outside in a tornado and willing the funnel cloud to skip your house. Good luck with that.
Here is what the AMA says about the ethics of it. You have to read the whole thing for the full answer. It's complicated and it depends.
I don't know this physician's situation, but he could be missing out on having conversations with people who are unvaccinated. Private conversations with trusted medical providers could change minds.
Oops! Here is the link: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/ethics/can-physicians-decline-unvaccinated-patients
Thank you for this link. I started to include it but yeah, it's complicated.