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An announcement from a pediatrician.

@VeroniqueB99

They'll "file a CPS report" if a parent doesn't for some reason agree with their exact demanded medical protocol, despite plenty of other developed nations having protocols that vary for a variety of reasons?

Does anyone actually think this is a good way to change anyone's mind, or to increase the trust the public has in the medical establishment?

@AlexanderKingsbury I don't think he's trying to change anyone's mind. He' putting them on notice that *this* is how thing are in his practice.

@VeroniqueB99

Which is all fine and well; freedom of association implies the freedom to NOT associate. It does not imply the power to send the state after people for even slightly disagreeing with you about the medical choices that are supposedly theirs to make. Is he also going to call CPS if some parents bring in an obese child?

@AlexanderKingsbury they send the state after people for A LOT less... this is not about disagreement. This is about putting everyone in danger because you don't understand science. Being obese will only hurt that one child. Not being vaxed will kill who knows how many.

@VeroniqueB99

Of course it's about a disagreement; a disagreement in when and how and if certain vaccinations are appropriate. If a child moved here from, say, France, and had been fully vaccinated according to THEIR recommended protocol but it didn't align with the guidance this physician uses....should CPS be called?

@AlexanderKingsbury

I'm not trying to convince you of anything. This is a meme. Treat it as such. Eos.

@AlexanderKingsbury nope, I, unlike you, don't have ALL the answers. Also NOT here for this. I strongly suggest you DO NOT respond as that had no question....

@VeroniqueB99

I never claimed it did have a question. If you ever do come up with answers, like why it's okay to file a CPS report for "medical neglect" for having a differing vaccine schedule (even from another developed nation) but not for obesity, I'll be here.