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Old 04-16-2019, 12:53 PM
 
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Yeah, when we moved down here, our new pediatrician got the full records from our old pediatrician. She knew how long I had nursed them and that my daughter had seen an ophthalmologist for an eye infection, etc. Definitely wanted and read the full records.

Then when we had to switch to a new pediatrician a couple years ago due to our insurance changing, those records went to the new pediatrician. Not just the vaccine records (which are in the state's computerized system anyway and don't really need to be transferred, as far as I'm aware).

I don't think our family doctor requested records from either pediatrician, though I could be wrong. I signed a release. Maybe he did. He got the records from the specialist. I don't think it matters at this point that one had an ear infection in 2002 or that the other went for an x-ray for a possible broken arm in 2010 or whatever. He only really asked about serious stuff. I also don't even know if he looked at their vaccine records. He asked if they were up to date and recommended a meningitis B vaccine at some point if they were going to go live at college.
That's great for you.

I asked the office manager why nothing else was included and she said that the vaccine records were all that doctors wanted so they stopped including the other info when patients switched.

Anyone else want to call me a liar??

 
Old 04-16-2019, 12:56 PM
 
Location: Florida
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That's great for you.

I asked the office manager why nothing else was included and she said that the vaccine records were all that doctors wanted so they stopped including the other info when patients switched.

Anyone else want to call me a liar??
I'm not calling you a liar. I believe that was your experience; some doctors really don't care much about their patients, and that's unfortunate. I was pointing out that my experience was different, so therefore your experience is not the universal experience.
 
Old 04-16-2019, 01:02 PM
 
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First off, tell me where I put words in your mouth or make assumptions about you? I'll wait...

Spoiler
Hint, I DID NOT. You just can't accept that I am right about the story because I have hear about it from various local outlets. The Representative speaking out about it compared forced vaccination to communism and otherwise is a far right loon trying to pass a bill in the legislature about perceptions of teachers pushing political agenda in school in light of #RedForEd and Arizona Educators United pushing the state legislature to actually increase funding for schools back to 2009 money. But that is a bit off topic here...


Second off, your interpretation of the article is misrepresenting the situation. The doctor encouraged going to the hospital for further testing. The parents chose not to when the fever finally broke. The doctor followed through and checked if the family came in and they didn't. The doctor then called the cops over that. A second child was found sick when they came in SWAT style after the parents denied the police to check the original child out.
Doctors do use this in retaliation. My sister paid cash to have her child in the hospital. When the doctor making the rounds the next day was running so late they would have charged her another days stay at the hospital for her last checkup the nurse told her she could just opt out and go because she knew she was paying cash so she did. Childs services showed up the next day because the doctor reported her.

Of course, they dismissed it but it was a crappy thing to do to get revenge for the lost money.
 
Old 04-16-2019, 01:24 PM
 
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Back to the measles outbreak. Here’s the latest from CNN:

“Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, health commissioner for Rockland County, New York, announced a new effort to contain the outbreak.

Anyone who is unvaccinated, has a laboratory-confirmed case of measles, has been identified by a health investigation as being exposed to measles and is under age 18 will be issued an order to essentially stay at home for up to 21 days (depending on when they were exposed and when the county learns of the exposure), she said at a news conference Tuesday.

Ruppert said that children must have proof of vaccination, immunity or an exemption form on file at schools and childcare facilities in order to attend.

Parents and guardians are responsible for minors, and failure to comply is $2,000 per day.”

And in Michigan, one contagious person has infected 38 others. Hopefully it ends there, but I doubt it.
 
Old 04-16-2019, 01:26 PM
 
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Back to the measles outbreak. Here’s the latest from CNN:

Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, health commissioner for Rockland County, New York, announced a new effort to contain the outbreak.

Anyone who is unvaccinated, has a laboratory-confirmed case of measles, has been identified by a health investigation as being exposed to measles and is under age 18 will be issued an order to essentially stay at home for up to 21 days (depending on when they were exposed and when the county learns of the exposure), she said at a news conference Tuesday.

Ruppert said that children must have proof of vaccination, immunity or an exemption form on file at schools and childcare facilities in order to attend.

Parents and guardians are responsible for minors, and failure to comply is $2,000 per day.
By what authority?

Will there be roadblocks and papers please?

How does someone who hasn't seen a pediatrician in 30 years prove they were vaccinated? There's no record of it.
 
Old 04-16-2019, 01:38 PM
 
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"Further, Ruppert announced during a press conference today, all students in two ZIP codes — 10952 and 10977 — must stay home from school if they cannot document that they have received an MMR vaccine nor show immunity to the diseases covered by the shot, which includes measles, mumps and rubella. Exceptions will be made for students who have medical or religious exemptions.'

All kids can go to school. They need either proof of immunization or an exemption to attend school anyway.

So who is this 'ban' really targeting?

Edit to add: I'm guessing it's targeting adults born after 1957 to get the measles booster shot. That's what the Michegan story was about a 40-something adult who may/may not have been vaccinated as a child. They never said.
 
Old 04-16-2019, 01:39 PM
 
Location: Georgia, USA
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I also don’t remember people freaking out over the flu or HPV prior to those vaccines coming out. Fear sells.
How about fear of vaccines? Isn't that what you are selling?

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Not. One. Person. Scared. Ever.
Not one? You do not think these parents were scared, watching their children die before their eyes? I do not usually use anecdotes, but it takes only one to disprove your "Not. One. Person. Scared. Ever." thesis.

Five Varicella Deaths That Could Have Been Prevented

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I'm pretty sure it already is in some states. Even for boys.

HPV is a pointless vaccine. Get your yearly visit, get checked for cancer, and that's it.

The chance of getting cervical cancer is ridiculously low, and the chance of dying from it? I think you're more likely to be hit by lightening. I don;t even know how they will "prove" it's working. There are so few cases of cervical cancer as it is I don't think any lowering of the stats would even been meaningful or show that yes it's the vaccine that did it. No way to know.

We have to wait 40 years for the data anyway.
The decline in invasive cervical cancer is already evident.

https://www.aappublications.org/news...alcancer080918

"Cervical cancer rates for young women fell after HPV vaccine was introduced, according to a new study."

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This is one vaccine that is overwhelmingly not worth getting. The risks trump the benefits for women in the US who have access to yearly pap smears.

PS. The recommendation for boys is an add-on. Why not target 100% of the population instead of 50%? Brilliant marketing.
What risks? There pretty much aren't any except for sore arms and a tendency to faint after the injection. The latter can be prevented by lying down for a few minutes after the shot.


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3. Get a fine if you don't have it <= this is where we are now

So yes, I care very much about it. Because it will affect me at some point.
The fine is for people exposed to measles who are susceptible to it and will not stay at home. You will not have to pay a fine if you just do not go out and mingle with the general public during an ongoing measles outbreak while you are unvaccinated.

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My 15 year old son has had a low-grade fever every day of his life since he received his first Hep B shot. He has had an itchy rash every day of his life since his 24 month immunizations.

His arms will have an eczema-like rash about 50% of the time. His torso has a pox like rash 100% of the time. His face has the “hand slap”/Fifth Disease rash 100% of the time, despite never having had Fifth Disease. Twice since he was 13, he has had to have surgery for peri-rectal abscesses that culture positive for multiple viruses & bacteria. Even his scalp develops itchy patches that bleed when scratched, about 75% of the time. Sometimes his clothing becomes unbearable for him & he tears it off of himself like The Hulk. Denim jeans, leather shoes, about 30 shirts & multiple pairs of socks have been ripped to shreds with his bare hands.

This is life everyday for him but he can’t even complain; thanks to the autism that began when his rashes did. He has paradoxical behavior when he’s in pain (giggling & laughing) & he has paradoxical reactions to anesthesia (requires 3 security guards during transport from recovery room to pediatric ward).

My own arms & hands are covered in my own dried blood right now from defending myself from this now 6’3”, 220lb 15 year old who today had the scalp, arms, face & torso rash & is probably dealing with severe discomfort that he cannot even say; “Please help me” for.

I would much rather he have had just a few days of misery, compared to this.
I know you are convinced that vaccines cause autism. If they did, all the research that has been done since Wakefield would have found evidence of it, and the evidence is just not there. Autism is genetic. So is eczema.

https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/at...rmatitis#genes

"The genetics of atopic dermatitis are not completely understood. Studies suggest that several genes can be involved in development of the condition. In very rare cases, atopic dermatitis is caused by inherited mutations in a single gene."

"Individuals with atopic dermatitis ... have an increased risk of having a behavioral or psychiatric disorder, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or depression." [Factoid: skin and brain both arise from the same embryonic tissue.]

People with atopic dermatitis are also more likely to have allergies and increased susceptibility to infections.

It is time to stop trying to prove vaccines cause autism and spend the time and resources looking for ways to actually help families like yours.

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Brainwashed. Sickness. Fear. Sells.

Generally speaking, chickenpox is a nonevent. Anyone who tries to convince otherwise? Is a LIAR.
This parent is a liar?

Preteen Vaccines - Personal Testimonies - Chickenpox Claimed the Life of My Son Christopher

You are selling fear of vaccines. You might consider that doing so undermines your argument that talking about what vaccine preventable diseases can do is fear mongering.

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As I posted earlier, each vaccine would have to studied individually. Then in the environment of each other vaccine to demonstrate the possibility of drug-drug interaction. Then there would have to be long-rang cumulative follow-up studies. There would need to be hundreds of thousands of studies.

There aren't. Saying the "science is settled" is false. It's not. It also means that any new vaccine? Will never be wathced for autism. Since well, "all vaccines are safe." Which again is unscientific.

Also? Autism used to be listed as a side effect on package inserts. Kinda interesting that is has been removed at the same time the media is brainwashing people that autism has nothing to do with vaccines. [Oh, and vaccine manufacturers have zero liability for harm. Their product can and does kill people. The govt gives them a free pass.]
Fortunately, since what you want to be done is impossible it is not necessary to do it the way you claim it must be done.

No one claims there are no adverse reactions to vaccines. Autism is just not one of them.

Vaccine manufacturers do not have "zero liability for harm." Claims must go through the vaccine court first but if someone disagrees with the vaccine court decision he can still sue the maker and/or his doctor. To use your favorite phrase, "Anyone who tries to convince otherwise? Is a LIAR."


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The doctor STILL called authorities. If you are going to attempt to report accurately? At least use the facts.

So yes, the doctor was out of line.
The parents did not call and tell the naturopath the child was better. They just did not go to the ER> Then when the welfare check was done they refused to cooperate. All they had to do was call the naturopath when he got better and the whole event could have been avoided.

The only way that vaccines enter the discussion of what happened is that not being vaccinated against diseases that can cause meningitis increases the risk that a fever in a child is a sign of meningitis. Bacterial meningitis is treatable, but it needs to be diagnosed. That is why the naturopath wanted the child seen by a doctor ASAP.

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I've given you facts. You've discounted the facts.

This is a pattern in these conversations. You've asked for facts and I've provided them. You don't like them, so you ignore them. Then claim I am being emotional. It's a nice tactic but it doesn't work.

Here are some facts:

1. Insurers give bonuses to physicians who vaccinate certain percents of their populations. The higher the percent, the better.

2. It has become a financial issue in physician offices. It's in their financial interest to drop unvaxxed patients. And to convince patients-parents to get vaccines because financially, they get a bonus.

3. The govt has stepped in 2x in the last month to penalize unvaccinated people, banning them from public spaces and instituting a fine if they dare go outside.

4. In California, there is a bill RIGHT NOW that will eliminate medical exemptions for school children unless approved by a government official. They are removing the doctor-patient-parent part of medical choice. The child's healthcare -- vaccination-- will be up to a govt bureaurocrat. So if parents want their kids to go to public school they and their doctor will no longer be allowed in that medical decision. It's up to govt. If govt says get the shot? Parents have no choice.

5. More healthcare employers are demanding flu vaccines or employees will get fired.

6. According to ClinicalTrials.gov, there are 2,308 clinical trials for vaccines right now that are recruiting, getting ready to recruit, active, and unknown status. 2308 trials right now ... for more vaccines or additional indications. I eliminated trials that were ended/suspended/terminated form the search (bumped it to more than 8,000, BTW).[b]
1. Insurance companies give incentives to vaccinate because fewer children hospitalized with VPDs means money saved for the company. Consider the child recently whose tab for treatment for tetanus was almost $1 million.

2. Fewer patients increases their bottom line? How? Pediatricians happily accept insurance incentives for vaccinating their patients because they vaccinate them anyway. They get money for doing what they already planned to do.

3. The penalties were instituted in the context of an ongoing measles outbreak during which anti-vaxers are not cooperating by not exposing other people to measles, including deliberate exposure. It is dangerous and they need to stop.

4. The patient's doctor has to recommend the waiver, so the doctor-patient-parent relationship is still there. You can blame the doctors selling waivers for children who do not have conditions justifying them for this one.

5. That is the right of the employer. Sick employees cost money. In a health care setting sick employees can make sick patients sicker.

6. How many of those trials are not for vaccines for infectious diseases? Vaccines are being studied for other conditions, too, including cancer. How about a link?

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I noticed the article never said whether he did or did not get the vaccine as a child. Interesting omission.
The article said he was vaccinated when a single dose of the vaccine, not two, was recommended.

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Today measles, chicken pox, and whooping cough. Someday it WILL be the Flu as well. As a old lady, I hope I don't live to see that day. The Universal Flu vaccine is being tested. When that is approved, the fear factor to vaccinate will ramp up as we see these others today. HPV vaccination is only in the beginning stages of the media blitz. Not enough children getting vaccinated so up the age to include adults as well.
When we have a universal flu vaccine people who now skip it because they think the effectiveness is too low will flock to get it.

HPV vaccine prevents cancers in males and females. I suspect there are going to be some people angry at their parents for not having them vaccinated after they develop one of those cancers that could have been prevented.

There are already unvaccinated minors who are trying to get vaccines without parental consent.

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Sorry for all you’ve been through with your son. I’m also sorry that people are so quick to dismiss your experience as well as others who have had children with severe vaccine injuries. One day maybe they will be the parent or grandparent of a vaccine injured child and only then will they understand after being ridiculed and dismissed what a rigged system it is.
Autism is not a "vaccine injury".

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Ebola is more difficult to get than HIV. So unless you are really really REALLY active in freaky or risk taking behavior you have nothing to be concerned about.
Ebola is really easy to get once the patient is symptomatic and there are blood, diarrhea, and puke all over the room.

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My kids have had some vaccines, not all. Quite frankly, it’s none of your business.
Come on, Terri. None of us know who you are unless you have shared that privately with another poster.

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Yeah, it's a weird contradiction watching the news on the measles outbreaks. The flu rarely gets this special treatment for school and it kills more and the vaccine is less effective yet they still don't keep kids home. Stomach viruses also.
In fact, they say to get them back asap after the first 24 hours of fever. They're still contagious. Seems obvious it would be even more important to keep them home if child safety and spreading illness that kills was a real concern.

This is why people question motives. It's not out of thin air, it really contradicts the normal message which is kids in school no matter what illness they have.
How long to stay out of school or work depends on the individual illness.

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Did you know that when a child switches pediatricians the ONLY medical records that the offices transfer are immunization?

They don't care about any other documentation. Just the immunization stuff.
That is just absolutely silly. Of course pediatricians transfer records all the time. The parent signs a consent telling who to send them to and it's done.

Actually, the states have central registries for vaccines, so it is not even necessary to send the vax records. Those can be accessed online. Georgia's is GRITS:

https://dph.georgia.gov/georgia-immu...registry-grits
 
Old 04-16-2019, 01:42 PM
 
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Back to the measles outbreak. Here’s the latest from CNN:

“Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, health commissioner for Rockland County, New York, announced a new effort to contain the outbreak.

Anyone who is unvaccinated, has a laboratory-confirmed case of measles, has been identified by a health investigation as being exposed to measles and is under age 18 will be issued an order to essentially stay at home for up to 21 days (depending on when they were exposed and when the county learns of the exposure), she said at a news conference Tuesday.

Ruppert said that children must have proof of vaccination, immunity or an exemption form on file at schools and childcare facilities in order to attend.

Parents and guardians are responsible for minors, and failure to comply is $2,000 per day.”

And in Michigan, one contagious person has infected 38 others. Hopefully it ends there, but I doubt it.
I’m not sure the CNN article is accurate. This has more detail.
https://www.rocklandtimes.com/2019/0...sles-outbreak/
 
Old 04-16-2019, 01:42 PM
 
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By what authority?

Will there be roadblocks and papers please?

How does someone who hasn't seen a pediatrician in 30 years prove they were vaccinated? There's no record of it.
By the authority of the health commissioner for Rockland County.

No.

This applies only to those under 18 as it clearly says in the statement I posted.
 
Old 04-16-2019, 01:44 PM
 
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By the authority of the health commissioner for Rockland County.

No.

This applies only to those under 18 as it clearly says in the statement I posted.
Well since they don't have to have the vaccine, it really doesn't apply to anyone.

They can still attend school without being vaccinated. So, again, what's the point of this "announcement"?
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