Nowhere on the page does NVIC suggest that parents check with their own physician, a recommendation that would actually make sense. This is another unfortunate feature the antivaccine groups tend to have in common, discouraging parents from seeking advice from their own physicians. Some groups carry this to extremes, actually telling parents that their own doctors either do not know much about vaccines, or may not be honest with them. This is an ethically questionable stratagem which has undoubtedly led to a great deal of confusion and fear on the part of concerned parents who have the misfortune of encountering one of these groups.
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Footnotes
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1. “What Would Happen If We Stopped Vaccinations?” Immunization Action Coalition, 1573 Selby Ave., St. Paul MN 55104. Statistics from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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2. Nelson CF. “Why Chiropractors Should Embrace Immunization.” CA Journal of Chiropractic. May 1993,7985.
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3. Journal of Manipulative Physiologic Therapeutics. 1994; 17:58490.
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4. Position Paper on Homeopathy. National Council Against Health Fraud, 119 Foster Street, Building R, Second Floor, Peabody, MA 01960 Adopted February, 1994.
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5. Fisher P. “Enough Nonsense On Immunization.” British Homoeopathic Journal. 1990; 79:198200.
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6. Personal Communication in to inquiry. Text available from author.
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7. National Vaccine Information Center Web site, http://www.909shot.com
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Cindy Province is a native of Southeastern Missouri. She graduated from Saint Louis University in 1981 with degrees in Nursing (BSN) and Psychology (BA). She completed her MSN at Saint Louis University in 1985 and is currently working toward the MA in Christian Bioethics at Trinity Evangelical School in Deerfield, Illinois. Her background is in neurosurgical critical care.
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Cindy lives in Defiance, MO with husband, a trauma surgeon, and 3 sons. She is a member of First Baptist Church of Harvester, MO serves on the Christian Life Commission
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