The responsibility of doctors in the progressive tendency of not wanting to vaccinate children

I was very surprised by Dr. Santi's recent article in his blog, Reflections of a Tanned Pediatrician, in which he explains that a recent meeting of Catalan pediatricians discussed the problem of why families maintain a growing tendency not to want to vaccinate their children according to the calendar and the sanitary recommendations in the Spanish autonomous communities.

Dr. Santi explains that Pharmaceutical laboratory vaccines are becoming more specific and more refined which ensures its effectiveness. In addition, we remember that a few days ago the vaccination week was celebrated and the attitude of the Spanish families before the vaccination was commented with 75% of the parents who do not know the next vaccine that they should give their child. However, the safety and efficacy of vaccines are supported by the Spanish population by 67%. Although we also read that two out of three Spanish respondents said that when they get vaccinated they don't only take into account individual protection against viruses, but that of all those around him. In any case, these are the reasons for not wanting to vaccinate identified by Dr. Santi (the almost literal copies):

  • Each autonomous community has its own vaccine calendar and neither Ceuta nor Melilla coincide in their calendars
  • Each EC country has its own vaccination calendar
  • Vaccines are free and others not
  • A scammer sowed doubt among triple viral vaccination and autism
  • The social networks they have become very active against vaccines
  • We pediatricians have not known sell the effectiveness of vaccines. So Dr. Santi asks that since they were vaccinated against H. influenzae, meningitis cases have not been seen again
  • The aggressive policies promoted Pharmaceutical laboratories have discredited or sown doubts about some of them, such as papilloma
  • Also comments, probably to contrast the first, that in the US there is a unique and respected health authority that makes recommendations for all states and, these, apply

The Dr. Santi's list seems impeccable although I want to clarify two things, one, that the concept of free I don't know what it is anymore because in the end the money is obtained from the taxes that are paid and in case of not collecting, debt is issued to pay it. And also that this rebellion against vaccines is a great opportunity for laboratories to clearly explain your message and your product with news and informative content of interest to all.

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