Especially considering the second paragraph is a complete and uttler falsehood. The person writing this "article", (there was no name or contact information on the website - suprise) had to be either purposely deceptive or very stupid to miss the O'Leary information.
But that is par for the course for the antivaccinationists.
Bones, did you read the information on Yurko, the child murderer? Opponents of vaccinations are using his case to push their agenda. You should look at the case, I'd be interested in hearing your take.
Based upon the assumption that "thou shalt not kill" is a commandment, physician directed or assisted suicide is immoral. If physician assisted suicide is immoral, neglect is clearly illegal.
Anti vaccine shrills are often motivated by the loud rhetoric of individuals who claim harm or injury through a perceived negligence by the collective medical community. Although this allegation is often leveled, it is never supported by fact.
Free Republic is doing a disservice to the citizens by permitting this continual threads. These threads do not contain any basis in reality, yet the emotion of the arguments suggests negligence by physicians.
Vaccine policy is clearly moral and it is clearly scientifically valid. This story of "Yurko" is the converse, neither moral nor scientific.
It appears Mr. Yurko is motivated by an intense desire to refute shaken baby. However, any pathologist or pediatrician can diagnose the differences between encephalitis and shaken baby. The reality is that the signs of shaken baby syndrome have little in common to the proposed "vaccine associated" diseases.
The effects of these reports in the news media have been utterly disasterous to our national public health planning. In fact, the number of tests during vaccine production surpass 1000 checks. It converts a week long process to one requiring over one year. This escalates vaccine costs and slows production.
Last year, for the first time in many years, the rate of Pertussis began to rise again. Is it any coincidence that the pertussis vaccine has been attacked by these strange arguments?
Lastly, I see little moral difference between murder and the effect of not immunizing a child. Shaken baby syndrome is caused by an adult slamming a baby against a wall or floor or shaking the baby so hard that the baby's eyes, brain, and internal organs bleed).
Yurko appears to be attempting to appropriate an invalid scientific argument in order to convince our judiciary that his conviction was unjust. Given the current state of the federal judiciary, I would not be surprised if these incredible scientific arguments are honored by a court hearing. Such hearing would be judicial, but clearly not scientific.
Still, there is little question regarding the morality involved. In my opinion, knowingly withholding vaccine is just as bad as withdrawing life support prematurely.