States Sue Trump Over Vaccine Advice

More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration over its rollback of vaccine recommendations, calling them an illegal threat to the public health of children. According to Arizona, California, and others, the new recommendations ignore longstanding medical guidance and will make states have to spend more to protect against outbreaks.

Let me point out a key word in those two sentences... recommendations. Not rules, laws, or musts – but recommendations. Apparently these state’s Attorneys General believe their citizens too stupid to follow personal common sense, as opposed to a generalized recommendation not from their own doctor. The citizens should be offended.

The states argue the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) puts lives at risk by not recommending all children get immunized against the flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, some forms of meningitis and RSV. I disagree. I’ve never received any of those immunizations when I was a child. I’m still here. In fact, every time I received the flu shot as an adult, I came down with the flu. As a result, I quit getting them. I rarely catch the flu. When I do, I just feel blah for three days.

I recently wrote a blog on measles. While the disease certainly isn’t pleasant, and I certainly don’t wish it upon anyone, deaths are rare - especially when getting immediate medical care. Crying “lives at risk” over every vaccine is akin to crying wolf. Every parent should be free to choice.

In addition, if the suing states are so concerned about the health of children – which they’re not, they only care about their budget – have they not heard about something called the Tenth Amendment? This gives the states the rights to do just about whatever they want if it doesn’t violate the federal constitution. States are certainly permitted to put out their own set of, I repeat... recommendations!

Medical experts were critical of the new federal guidelines, which advised vaccines only for certain groups deemed high risk, or when doctors recommend them in what’s called “shared decision-making.” Could it be that the medical experts were upset only because they depend on vaccinations as part of their livelihood? Always follow the money. Most people will never get what vaccines prevent. It’s to the medical industry’s benefit to use potential calamity to scare you. Then should you suffer, it’s in their best interest to scare you into endless dependence. They sound like politicians.

Governments should not be involved in the medical industry. Nor should they be financial providers of medical care. Such care, and its payments, should only be between you and your doctors, and possibly your private insurer. The only time government should be involved is when doctors and the industry are committing fraudulent practices or intentional abuse of patients.

There is good news, though. Referencing the aforementioned Tenth Amendment, the Democratic governors of California, Washington, and Oregon launched an alliance to establish their own vaccine recommendations. Additionally, states, not the federal government, have the authority to require vaccinations for schoolchildren.

So why the lawsuit? As I said… follow the money.

Source used: The Guardian