Talk about fragile. Oooh the medical system was mean to me so I’m not going to vax my kids. When I was a child I had measles and mumps. Sucks. My grandma had a friend who died of diphtheria. It’s great - the mucus in your throat hardens and blocks it so you suffocate and die.
A doctor told me a verifiably true thing that happened to me had not happened because he didn't believe it. He did not check my records with my GP, just told me I imagined it. Many women are talked down to by drs, it can cause life and death problems. I am pro-vax, but I understand the alienation.
Oh bullshit. We've all had some bad experiences with healthcare. That doesn't mean you throw out science because you feel bad. These people are so illogical.
They may have convinced themselves of that, but it sounds like a rationalization to me.
I've dealt with vaccine skeptical moms before, and it seems to originate more often from a "this is my child and no one knows what's better for it than I, including doctors."
“Experiences” or conversations? Retired MSN, RN, 47 years. A few people do have allergic reactions to anything we put in our bodies. Their lack of acceptance that it works for the many, but not for the few is very harmful to our society. Not going back to polio et. al.
I can't blame them. I worked in medicine for 40 years. I found what it is like to be a patient after getting cancer. Now, I have no faith in our medical system.
Maybe instead of blaming these ppl, we need to take a look at the system. Read the article:”These attitudes do not emerge solely from ignorance, conspiracy thinking, far-right extremism or hysteria, but rather the historical and ongoing harms endemic to the U.S. health care system itself.”
To address these questions, researchers need a structured approach to analyze the impact of private, for-profit healthcare on mothers’ negative experiences and how to improve them.
Yet another argument for improving women's healthcare. Women have every reason to be mistrustful of a system that has always treated their lives and well-being as an afterthought.
I had one of those, so I know what they mean. I still trusted the mRNA vaccine because it had been under development for such a long time, and the ingredients were inert
I am talking about the bad experience. I had an antibiotic that was later taken off the market that causes serious side effects. It had a black box warning before it was discontinued entirely. My critical thinking didn’t become cynicism though
Health Care should be a right not something that is only available to those who have an employer that "gives" them a good healthcare plan. We need universal medical care. We are the richest country in the world, no reason we can't provide healthcare to our citizens. The results would be huge!
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I've dealt with vaccine skeptical moms before, and it seems to originate more often from a "this is my child and no one knows what's better for it than I, including doctors."
People just want to not do stuff because other people say they should.
I am talking about the bad experience. I had an antibiotic that was later taken off the market that causes serious side effects. It had a black box warning before it was discontinued entirely. My critical thinking didn’t become cynicism though