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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 07:59 PM Jan 2015

Amid measles outbreak, anti-vaccine doctor revels in his notoriety

It’s 6:30 p.m. in eastern Arizona, and an energetic doctor who has gained notice due to his disdain for vaccinations has just gotten home. It’s been a busy day. He’s already spoken to USA Today. He just did a segment on CNN. And he’s closely monitored his Facebook page, which has collected 4,000 “likes” in the span of 48 hours. But Jack Wolfson always has time to discuss vaccinations — his hatred of them and his abhorrence of the parents who defend them.

“Don’t be mad at me for speaking the truth about vaccines,” Wolfson said in a telephone interview with The Washington Post. “Be mad at yourself, because you’re, frankly, a bad mother. You didn’t ask once about those vaccines. You didn’t ask about the chemicals in them. You didn’t ask about all the harmful things in those vaccines…. People need to learn the facts.”

But whose facts is he talking about? Every respectable expert totally disagrees with him and his anti-vaccine movement and, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, urges parents to get their kids vaccinated. And Wolfson himself, who has quickly become something of a spokesman for the anti-vaxxers, is in no way an expert on vaccines or infectious diseases. He’s cardiologist who now does holistic medicine.

What the experts say: “The measles vaccine is one of the most highly effective vaccines that we have against any virus or any microbe, and it is safe, number one,” Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CBS. “Number two, measles is one of the top two most contagious infectious viruses that we know of…. So you have a highly infectious virus and you have an extraordinarily effective vaccine.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/30/amid-measles-outbreak-anti-vaccine-doctor-revels-in-his-notoriety/

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Amid measles outbreak, anti-vaccine doctor revels in his notoriety (Original Post) n2doc Jan 2015 OP
This guy and Andrew Wakefield should be sharing a jail cell. Archae Jan 2015 #1
You got that right! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2015 #2
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ hlthe2b Jan 2015 #21
Somebody please sue his sorry ass shenmue Jan 2015 #3
Why the fuck does the state medical board allow him to continue his practice? Ykcutnek Jan 2015 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #14
Go away library girl! hrmjustin Jan 2015 #15
darn, she is too fast for me. uppityperson Jan 2015 #16
lol she never stops. hrmjustin Jan 2015 #17
This motherfucker shouldn't be allowed to practice medicine. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #5
Dickhead. n/t zappaman Jan 2015 #6
This is what happens when supposed scientists peddling snake oil are taken seriously. al_liberal Jan 2015 #7
I had three children. I have two left. bravenak Jan 2015 #8
Actually, now we can. Barack_America Jan 2015 #10
That does make me very happy. bravenak Jan 2015 #12
I'm so sorry you had to suffer through the loss of a child Dorian Gray Jan 2015 #19
You are kind, thank you. bravenak Jan 2015 #25
"People need to learn the facts." seveneyes Jan 2015 #9
A FB friend has been posting this guy's bullshit for days. Orrex Jan 2015 #11
I had a friend who shared it too Dorian Gray Jan 2015 #20
That's very similar to my reaction: Orrex Jan 2015 #22
His goal is to defraud people. Why on earth would he not revel in notoriety? jeff47 Jan 2015 #13
A holistic Dorian Gray Jan 2015 #18
Oh, fuck off and die, you quack piece of shit! NuclearDem Jan 2015 #23
His chiropractor wife changed his mind. Avalux Jan 2015 #24
Reminds me of the old joke COLGATE4 Feb 2015 #26
Anecdotal Evidence rock Feb 2015 #27
 

Ykcutnek

(1,305 posts)
4. Why the fuck does the state medical board allow him to continue his practice?
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 08:09 PM
Jan 2015

Why hasn't the AMA done anything?

Response to Ykcutnek (Reply #4)

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
5. This motherfucker shouldn't be allowed to practice medicine.
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 08:11 PM
Jan 2015

He belongs in prison. I consider him responsible for deaths.

al_liberal

(420 posts)
7. This is what happens when supposed scientists peddling snake oil are taken seriously.
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 08:21 PM
Jan 2015

We've digressed 15 years in measles control.

Unfortunately this is exactly what is going to have to happen if we're expecting to defeat the growing anti-science cadre in this country.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
8. I had three children. I have two left.
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 09:00 PM
Jan 2015

One is Autistic. One is not. One is dead. Ask me if I'd would have taken the chance that a vaccination would turn my dead child into an autistic child. Yes. If there had been a vaccine for genetic disorders I would have taken it and gladly. Alas, there is no possibility if vaccinating against that sort of thing. There aren't even test you can take for it while you're pregnant.

Next time you think about the slim chance of your kid dying from measles, go look up Zellweger's syndrome and see how high chances are of being born with that. Then go vaccinate your child.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
10. Actually, now we can.
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 09:12 PM
Jan 2015

I'm so very sorry for the loss of your child. It's a pain I cannot even bear to imagine.

But I thought you might be comforted to know that, now, something can be done. I work for a copy that tests embryos for genetic diseases. We can test for the PEX genes. In fact, we've done both PEX1 and PEX6 recently, two less families that will have to suffer what your family suffered. I thought you might be interested to know that.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
12. That does make me very happy.
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 09:23 PM
Jan 2015

I agonized during my last two pregnancies because of that. After the two I have I knew I never wanted to take that chance again. This is great news. Try not to think about it or watch movies with that lady in it. Swear i never saw Bridget Jones diary because of it. Kinda crazy, but it was around that time. Maybe I'll get over it now.

Dorian Gray

(13,469 posts)
19. I'm so sorry you had to suffer through the loss of a child
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 10:21 PM
Jan 2015

I can't imagine the pain that you've had to live through.

And I agree 100%. I would much prefer my child to have a reaction to the vaccine than to die from a preventable illness.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
25. You are kind, thank you.
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 11:12 PM
Jan 2015

I hope people can see that it's better to have autism than to be dead. No contest.

 

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)
9. "People need to learn the facts."
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 09:05 PM
Jan 2015

There are two kinds of facts in this world...

Those that are true and those that are false.

Orrex

(63,086 posts)
11. A FB friend has been posting this guy's bullshit for days.
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 09:19 PM
Jan 2015

Makes me want to shriek, but I know from past arguments that this guy won't be swayed by reason, logic or evidence.

Dorian Gray

(13,469 posts)
20. I had a friend who shared it too
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 10:23 PM
Jan 2015

A really close friend from my childhood. I almost flipped when I saw the sanctimonious straw man bullshit post that "doctor" posted on FB in response to the antagonism his position has caused.

Despicable. And it's making me think my friend is a lot less smart than I did only a few days ago.

Orrex

(63,086 posts)
22. That's very similar to my reaction:
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 10:40 PM
Jan 2015

"How smart can he be if he believes this bullshit?"

Additionally puzzling: he and his partner are living in Fort Worth, and they're both hard-right Republicans. I simply can't figure it out.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)
13. His goal is to defraud people. Why on earth would he not revel in notoriety?
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 09:36 PM
Jan 2015

It gets him more victims.

Dorian Gray

(13,469 posts)
18. A holistic
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 10:19 PM
Jan 2015

cardiologist! Just who I want to see when I have heart problems.

If he quacks like a quack... he's a quack.

(And he probably shouldn't be seeing any elderly heart patients, as they should take flu and pneumonia vaccines to prevent major complications, including -- but not limited to -- death.)

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
24. His chiropractor wife changed his mind.
Sat Jan 31, 2015, 10:51 PM
Jan 2015

I wonder if he would take a drug if he needed it to save his life, or give it to a loved one to save their life, or if he'd just let himself or them die, and not be injected with chemicals?

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
26. Reminds me of the old joke
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 12:55 AM
Feb 2015

"What do you call the person who graduates last in class in Medical School"? "Doctor".

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