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Katee
02-10-12, 01:17 PM
They Hijack the Issue; Distort the Facts; and Totally Miss the Point

By Julie Obradovic
February 08, 2012

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4. They just don’t get it.

Although the controversy appears to be about vaccines, it goes much deeper than that. Quite simply, many parents have lost faith in their physicians.

While some would like to believe this is because parents are impressionable conspiracy theorists that can’t distinguish fact from fiction, arguably the medical community has brought this problem on themselves.

They sold out to the pharmaceutical industry. They have a terrible track record for children’s health. They refuse to examine how they might be responsible for that. They dismiss the testimony, experience and suffering of thousands of parents and children. They threaten parents with ultimatums. Most important, they are completely inept at dealing with Autism and always have been.

Read the full article here. (http://www.ageofautism.com/2012/02/the-trouble-with-the-anti-anti-vaccine-movement-how-they-hijack-the-issue-distort-the-facts-and-tota.html)

Katee
02-10-12, 01:18 PM
This is an opinion piece, but very well written. She is responding, in part, to a blog that trashes this site, Age of Autism. I read one of the blog's posts - and the responses the writer gave to comments. The writer is very profane, and basically comes back with "You are stupid."

I chose this point in particular, because it would be my wish that ALL people (not just parents) lose their "faith in their physicians." Medicine/science should NOT be faith-based and people should be able to be responsible for their own health and to be able to do the research on their own and make reasonable decisions based on the facts. The internet is a great source for this, but it also muddies the waters because all manner of nonsense can be posted. Folks have to work to clear that and read critically.

mellowsong
02-10-12, 01:52 PM
This is an excellent, thought provoking article. Thanks Katee :)

Reesacat
02-10-12, 02:47 PM
Very logical, calm, well-balanced article — impressive. Thank you Katee for posting it!