Thank you for pointing this out. Looking a little more...
Browsing their site leads to a link for qualifications for membership:
“Fellow
An applicant for Fellow in the American College of Pediatricians shall satisfy the following criteria:
1. Certification in pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics or the American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics, or any other certification as determined by the Board of Directors.
2. Demonstration of evidence of high ethical and professional standing.
...
Specialty
An applicant for Specialty Fellow in the American College of Pediatricians shall satisfy the following criteria:
1. Licensed physician, other than a pediatrician, credentialed by an American Board in a pediatric discipline, or documented training devoting 50% or more time to pediatric patients
2. Demonstration of evidence of high ethical and professional standing...”
So it would seem that pediatrics is a requirement, even if being a “pediatrician” per se is not.
I am not sure if this is different from the AAP, whose site says:
“The AAP is an organization of 60,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists.
Immunizations are one of several strategic priorities for the AAP. “
The difference seems to lie in interpretation of criterion 2. I suspect that many of our Catholic doctors may have interest in the “college”
I also suspect the the Academy is less likely to question any form of vaccination, while noting that “support[ing] giving the vaccination” is different from supporting mandating the vaccination, which is the subject of the instant controversy.
I am simply pointing out that we don’t know who this group represents, the number of people who belong to it, or where they get their funding. And I am suspicious of a group who uses the name that confuses people in this way.
and no, it is not the same as the American Academy of Pediatrics. That group, albeit being a lefty type organization, does represent most pediatricians, who unlike other docs tend to be lefties.
The only “problem” with the HPV vaccine is that the company spent a lot of money hyping the vaccine before they actually proved it worked as good as they claimed. So Perry could be criticized for being bribed, and for not going through the legislature.
But later studies showed it worked pretty good (not 100 percent) and that later versions of the vaccine would catch the rarer type viruses that caused these cancers.
I mean, anti vaccine hysteria is a form of paranoia, and Michelle Bachman just lost the vote of most of us over her stupidity here.
When patients asked me if I though the vaccine was safe, I would point out that every thing had a small risk, even driving a car to my office. That didn’t mean we should go back to horse and buggies...