[Zechariah_8_13]

Our pediatrician laid out all the pros and cons, and concluded that the benefits outweighed the risks. . . . and you know, that's what he went through med school and residency for, and that's why we go to him . . . .

Your Ped probably spent 4 hours total learning about vaccines. All students in med school spend the same time on the subject, and it's not enough time to even begin to scratch the surface. I've talked to many doctors and what they hear in school is the basic "vaccines are great" lecture.

I will never understand this blind trust of doctors some people hold. Pediatricians make the bulk of their money off of "well visits" for vaccines. Do we expect them to discourage the very thing that provides their livelihood?

[AnAmericanMother]

"blind trust"? Mmmhmm. I explained that this man's mentor was the best pediatrician in the city. Do I need to go into the fact that he was a professor at Emory Med, that I am an attorney who defended med mal cases for many years, that one of my best friends is the daughter of a former Dean of Emory? I don't walk blindly into a relationship with a doctor. My family has spent 50+ years figuring out who the best docs in Atlanta are, and once we've done our due diligence, we rely on them to practice their profession -- and they are open and above board about the pros and cons, the risks, and the available knowledge. But, to use the old country phrase, we don't get a dog and then do our own barking.

And for you to suggest that pediatricians (one of the poorest paid specialties) are ghouls who push unnecessary and harmful vaccines to make money on "well visits" is as reprehensible as Obama suggesting that surgeons amputate limbs for Evil Profit. And it's an insult to physicians who read their journals, attend their continuing education, and meet with their colleagues to provide the best possible care for their patients. You should be ashamed of that last paragraph of yours.

[dmz]

Pediatricians make the bulk of their money off of “well visits” for vaccines.
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Can you document this assertion. As the parent who worked closer to the kid’s schools and the doctor’s office, I spent an awful lot of time in the pediatrician’s office (3 kids).

Certainly it is just anecdotal, but that just doesn’t square with my experience.

[CholeraJoe]

Your Ped probably spent 4 hours total learning about vaccines.

At which Third World Med School? More like 100 at mine.

[CholeraJoe]

Pediatricians make the bulk of their money off of "well visits" for vaccines.

Most pediatricians and FPs make the narrowest of margins on vaccines.