Shot forced on newborn over parents' objections

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Wednesday, June 18, 2003 | By Diana Lynne

[JohnHuang2]

Wednesday, June 18, 2003

Quote of the Day by connectthedots

[agitator]

Ping ing ing ing

[CGTRWK]

Sending someone home from the hospital with a serious, transmittable disease where the cure involves one shot is lunatic irresponsibility from a public health standpoint. The doctors did right.

[freebilly]

Who had the serious transmittable disease?

[SevenofNine]

I hate say this

Parents of that child SHUT UP first of all if your child when he go to school he need has ALL HIS SHOTS


I have no SYMPATHY FOR THESE PARENTS

[soundbits]

Unintended Consequences.

[cgk]

Nightmare is right. These parents have the final say as to what shots their baby will receive according to their state law. Just as I have the final say as to what shots my baby receives. Forcing a shot into a baby, when a parent objects on moral and religious grounds is akin to living in in a communist state.

The argument that they'll need them when they go to school doesn't stand either: there are exemptions for parents who object for moral/religious reasons. If this was an Islamic couple who objected, do you think they would have forced the baby to be shot up with a vaccine? Of course not. But for a Catholic hospital to do this to "their own" without the benefit of the final test is beyond reproach. Hep tests are notorious for false positives, as are many pre-birth tests for defects.

[Terridan]

Yet another story about how easy it may become to turn the United States into a third world country. Vaccinate! No choice here, and if you are auto immune deficient, well, you have an excuse, AS AN INFANT.

[Mr. K]

Not if they home school him.

[Thorondir]

What with way write? Purpose or just dumb write not know better?

[Nightshift]

I hate to say this, but those tests were flawed, as are your comments. Read the cpmplete article and notice that the better test came back negative. So they gave this child a shot that could cause harm in the future. Waiting a little longer would not have hurt. Where's you sympathy now?

[Proud2BAmerican]

VERY scary. Until I read this and a linked report on immunization shots, I thought it was all a bunch of chicken-littleisms and hype. Now I know better.

I also, until I read this article, had much more faith in normal health care with regard to pre- and neo-natal care. It wasn't my choice to fork over the $1000 to pay for a homebirth for my daughter; my wife insisted on it. My health insurance would have made it completely free had I gone through our HMO instead. Now that I read this story, I won't be grumbling anymore about having to have shelled out that grand.

[Southack]

If the parents didn't authorize the shot, and if the doctors/nurses involved weren't the legal guardians at the time, then the child was assaulted.

If this incident really gets the parents fired up, then all that they have to do is to file assault charges. Was there uninvited physical contact? Did it cause harm?

Pretty easy case, I bet.

[coincheck]

1)their is a box for the parents to mark on the admission health form that states that no vaccinations were given based on religious grounds.
2)the test came back negative, theirfore, the child received a vac. for a non-existant potential problem against the wishes of his parents.
3)if you hated to say that, why say it?
4)i know about erring on the side of caution, but, even the wifes physician knew that the chances of her having hep.b were slim to none, he should have interviened. coincheck

[Old Professer]

If you must dance, you musy pay the piper; any court that can guarantee your rights can suspend your privileges, medical care is now a privilege and this couple gave up their rights when they presented themselves and their baby to the medical-care facility.

Outside of hermits, there are no true individuals left in this world.

[Old Professer]

How in the Hell is a newborn baby going to transmit a blood-borne disease to anyone other than the parents who bore him once they take him home?

[Old Professer]

I hate say this

Parents of that child SHUT UP first of all if your child when he go to school he need has ALL HIS SHOTS

Somebody please rescue me; if this poster is for real I have been up way too late.

[Old Professer]

Boy, I hate it when I hit two keys at once and the wrong one jumps up; musy was must; sorry.

[Woahhs]

It's not just one shot either.

[Woahhs]

Parents of that child SHUT UP first of all if your child when he go to school he need has ALL HIS SHOTS

I don't suppose you think the coherence of a sentence is a good indicator of the value of the opinion.

You should.