Is There a Vaccine Booster for TV Ratings?

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Is There a Vaccine Booster for TV Ratings?

By Webster

I just finished watching an episode of ABC's Private Practice titled

" Contamination. " Read summary HERE. Plot line goes something like this:

Mother has three children - one with autism.  Mother believes MMR vaccine caused

her son's autism, so she refuses to vaccinate her other sons.

Family leaves the country for experimental treatment where one of the

unvaccinated children contracts the measles.

Pediatrician realizes he has a patient with measles.  He's alarmed -- panic

ensues.  Calls to the local health department and, eventually, the CDC follow.

Child with measles and family are isolated.  Doctors check vaccinations records

of all who were exposed.  Vaccinate those who weren't properly immunized --

except the unvaccinated brother of the boy with the measles and a pregnant woman

who can't be vaccinated.  Hope everything turns out okay for her unborn baby...

Everyone agrees -- all children should be immunized to avoid such unnecessary,

dangerous situations.

Pediatrician tries to talk mother into vaccinating healthy, unvaccinated son. 

She refuses.

All doctors in practice agree it's negligent not to vaccinate children.  After

all, the CDC says vaccines don't cause autism.  Doctors think a parent who

subscribes to such conspiracy theories and, as a result, decides not to

vaccinate children should be reported to social services.

Pediatrician again attempts to convince mother to vaccinate.  Mother is still

unmoved.  Pediatrician won't drop mother because she refuses vaccine -- per the

American of Academy of Pediatrics' recommendation.

CDC official arrives.  Doctors expect, but don't welcome her involvement.  CDC

doctor checks procedures and protocols.  Curt, but professional, exchanges

between clinic doctor and CDC official.  (In the end, clinic doctor realizes CDC

doctor is just doing her job to protect people -- and kinda cute too.  They

dance the night away at a local club...)

Child with measles becomes gravely ill -- can't breathe.  Mother still won't

vaccinate other child.  Son becomes so ill doctors have trouble intubating him

and almost have to do trach.

Pediatrician becomes angry with pig-headed mother and vaccinates healthy,

unvaccinated son -- despite mother's objections.  ( " No! " shouts mother.)

Son with measles takes a turn for the worse and tragically dies.

Pediatrician was right all along -- immunizations protect children and don't

cause autism.  Pediatrician is hero.  Mother should have allowed him to save her

son when they had the chance.

Moral:  When parents don't listen to their doctors and refuse to vaccinate their

children, everyone suffers -- especially the children.

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I'm planning to ignore ABC's lame attempt to bolster ratings of a floundering

show.  Private Practice isn't doing well, so ABC moved it to a new day and aired

an episode on a highly-charged issue that would be sure to spark a controversy

-- generating loads of buzz and landing them any number of new viewers.

I'm doing what ABC probably didn't expect -- observing radio silence.  So, I

won't be shooting off an indignant e-mail to network execs suggesting their

research department share with us the most recent year a real child died from

the measles in this country -- not today.

 

Love, Gabby. :0)

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" I know of nobody who is purely Autistic or purely neurotypical. Even God had

some Autistic moments, which is why the planets all spin. " ~ Jerry Newport