Comments on: shots shots shots! http://drleigh.org/2009/07/shots-shots-shots/ Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:39:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Prof Ted Greiner (nutrition) http://drleigh.org/2009/07/shots-shots-shots/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Prof Ted Greiner (nutrition) Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:46:24 +0000 http://drleigh.org/?p=342#comment-28 Dr. Leigh, this was a rare pleasure to read, reflecting my attitude in general toward alternative orientations toward health and diet: respectful, open, but in the end leaning toward evidence based. Dr. Leigh, this was a rare pleasure to read, reflecting my attitude in general toward alternative orientations toward health and diet: respectful, open, but in the end leaning toward evidence based.

]]> By: Suzanne http://drleigh.org/2009/07/shots-shots-shots/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Suzanne Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:39:31 +0000 http://drleigh.org/?p=342#comment-27 Wow. What a great and thorough post! Some of this will become my own "script," if you will. As an RN I always respect patients' and parents' right-of-refusal but it must be INFORMED refusal. It's a difficult issue. I've worked with--been co-workers with-- people who have struggled with the lifelong effects of polio (crippling, literally) and also know as friends "natural" people who have not given their four-year-old one single shot. And I think, not even polio? My dad tells the story of the sugar-cube truck coming around in the 1950's with a miracle- polio prevention. And I think that these kind of parents are raising the kid who will grow into a socially-conscious adult who may want to travel to, say, India someday, or join the Peace Corps. What then? I insisted that my mom get Zostavax after seeing a dear, dear elderly man- a family friend- suffer for months from shingles. Suffer. After years of suffering from arthritis and finally getting a belated hip replacement. It is very sad. It was Christmastime when he first started tingling and he is still in pain. There is a vaccination against shingles now, and he hadn't had it. I've heard the autism argument and blogged about it too. The whole concept that there was any link whatsoever came from one tiny flawed study (click on "autism" on my blog's tag cloud, and the expose is linked there). I count Aspies and Auties among my friends as well, so I do care about this aspect too. Thanks for this post. Wow. What a great and thorough post! Some of this will become my own “script,” if you will.
As an RN I always respect patients’ and parents’ right-of-refusal but it must be INFORMED refusal. It’s a difficult issue. I’ve worked with–been co-workers with– people who have struggled with the lifelong effects of polio (crippling, literally) and also know as friends “natural” people who have not given their four-year-old one single shot. And I think, not even polio? My dad tells the story of the sugar-cube truck coming around in the 1950’s with a miracle- polio prevention. And I think that these kind of parents are raising the kid who will grow into a socially-conscious adult who may want to travel to, say, India someday, or join the Peace Corps. What then?

I insisted that my mom get Zostavax after seeing a dear, dear elderly man- a family friend- suffer for months from shingles. Suffer. After years of suffering from arthritis and finally getting a belated hip replacement. It is very sad. It was Christmastime when he first started tingling and he is still in pain. There is a vaccination against shingles now, and he hadn’t had it.

I’ve heard the autism argument and blogged about it too. The whole concept that there was any link whatsoever came from one tiny flawed study (click on “autism” on my blog’s tag cloud, and the expose is linked there). I count Aspies and Auties among my friends as well, so I do care about this aspect too.

Thanks for this post.

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