I cannot speak to Japan, but the US has some of the sickest kids in the world. The fact that professionals, and parents, are not asking the simple questions here is mind boggling.

I took a lot of heat in my professional career fighting against this insanity. I always gave very informed consent. At that point it was up to the parent/patient to decide what they were going to do. If a parent was insistent about vaxxines because of school, despite the risks, at least I tried to get them to delay until before their child started school and to not take more than one at a time. Getting into school was the number one barrier to parents not abandoning vaxxines altogether. Sadly, some simply did not want to hassle fighting the system to get an exemption and they they didn't want to make several trips to the office to get individual jabs. Thankfully most parents did take my advice and got the religious exemptions offered in our state. There were a small handful that thought I was full of crap. I had to ask them at that point why they were even in my office if they felt that way?

I was fortunate enough that I dealt with a sizable number of families that were somewhat off grid. Where I live is close to more rural areas where many of them are homesteaders. No vaxxinations, no fluoride, good food, breast feeding, and home schooling. What a difference. Those kids did not have food allergies, asthma, digestive problems, autoimmune, and constant sickness - not to mention healthy teeth. When I would relay how healthy the rural kids were compared to the city kids, it got the attention of some of the parents with more than a couple of functioning brain cells. The die hard liberal types were more interested in the standard medical narratives and usually did not stay at the office long - I would get called a nut job and they would leave the practice and write a not so nice review on Yelp - or so they thought. What they were not aware of was that those reviews they wrote on Yelp actually brought a few people into the office. They were looking for a tin foil hat nut job. Oh well.

I cannot speak to Japan, but the US has some of the sickest kids in the world. The fact that professionals, and parents, are not asking the simple questions here is mind boggling.

I took a lot of heat in my professional career fighting against this insanity. I always gave very informed consent. At that point it was up to the parent/patient to decide what they were going to do. If a parent was insistent about vaxxines because of school, despite the risks, at least I tried to get them to delay until before their child started school and to not take more than one at a time. Getting into school was the number one barrier to parents not abandoning vaxxines altogether. Sadly, some simply did not want to hassle fighting the system to get an exemption and they they didn't want to make several trips to the office to get individual jabs. Thankfully most parents did take my advice and got the religious exemptions offered in our state. There were a small handful that thought I was full of crap. I had to ask them at that point why they were even in my office if they felt that way?

I was fortunate enough that I dealt with a sizable number of families that were somewhat off grid. Where I live is close to more rural areas where many of them are homesteaders. No vaxxinations, no fluoride, good food, breast feeding, and home schooling. What a difference. Those kids did not have food allergies, asthma, digestive problems, autoimmune, and constant sickness. When I would relay how healthy the rural kids were compared to the city kids, it got the attention of some of the parents with more than a couple of functioning brain cells. The die hard liberal types were more interested in the standard medical narratives and usually did not stay at the office long - I would get called a nut job and they would leave the practice and write a not so nice review on Yelp - or so they thought. What they were not aware of was that those reviews they wrote on Yelp actually brought a few people into the office. They were looking for a tin foil hat nut job. Oh well.

I cannot speak to Japan, but the US has some of the sickest kids in the world. The fact that professionals, and parents, are not asking the simple questions here is mind boggling.

I took a lot of heat in my professional career fighting against this insanity. I always gave very informed consent. At that point it is up to the parent/patient to decide what they are going to do. If a parent was insistent about vaxxines because of school despite the risks, at least I tried to get them to delay until before their child started school and to not take several at one time. Getting into school was the number one barrier to not getting parents to abandon vaxxines. Sadly, some simply did not want to hassle fighting the system to get an exemption and they they didn't want to make several trips to the office to get individual jabs. Thankfully most parents did take my advice and got the religious exemptions offered in our state. There were a small handful that thought I was full of crap. I had to ask them at that point why they were even in my office if they felt that way?

I was fortunate enough that I dealt with a sizable number of families that were somewhat off grid. Where I live is close to more rural areas where many of them are homesteaders. No vaxxinations, no fluoride, good food, breast feeding, and home schooling. What a difference. Those kids did not have food allergies, asthma, digestive problems, autoimmune, and constant sickness. When I would relay how healthy the rural kids were compared to the city kids, it got the attention of some of the parents with more than a couple of functioning brain cells. The die hard liberal types were more interested in the standard medical narratives and usually did not stay at the office long - I would get called a nut job and they would leave the practice and write a not so nice review on Yelp - or so they thought. What they were not aware of was that those reviews they wrote on Yelp actually brought a few people into the office. They were looking for a tin foil hat nut job. Oh well.

I cannot speak to Japan, but the US has some of the sickest kids in the world. The fact that professionals, and parents, are not asking the simple questions here is mind boggling.

I took a lot of heat in my professional career fighting against this insanity. I always gave very informed consent. At that point it is up to the parent/patient to decide what they are going to do. If a parent was insistent about vaxxines because of school despite the risks, at least I tried to get them to delay until before their child started school and to not take several at one time. Getting into school was the number one barrier to not getting parents to abandon vaxxines. Sadly, some simply did not want to hassle fighting the system to get an exemption and they they didn't want to make several trips to the office to get individual jabs. Thankfully most parents did take my advice and got the religious exemptions offered in our state. There were a small handful that thought I was full of crap. I had to ask them at that point why they were even in my office if they felt that way?

I was fortunate enough that I dealt with a sizable number of families that were somewhat off grid. Where I live is close to more rural areas where many of them are homesteaders. No vaxxinations, no fluoride, good food, breast feeding, and home schooling. What a difference. Those kids did not have food allergies, asthma, digestive problems, autoimmune, and constant sickness. When I would relay how healthy the rural kids were compared to the city kids, it got the attention of some of the parents with more than a couple of functioning brain cells. The die hard liberal types were more interested in the standard medical narratives and usually did not stay at the office long - I would get called a nut job and they would leave the practice and write a not so nice review on Yelp - or so they thought. What they didn't get was that those reviews they wrote on Yelp actually brought a few people into the office. They were looking for a tin foil hat nut job. Oh well.

I cannot speak to Japan, but the US has some of the sickest kids in the world. The fact that professionals, and parents, are not asking the simple questions here is mind boggling.

I took a lot of heat in my professional career fighting against this insanity. I always gave very informed consent. At that point it is up to the parent/patient to decide what they are going to do. If a parent was insistent about vaxxines because of school despite the risks, at least I tried to get them to delay until before their child started school and to not take several at one time. Getting into school was the number one barrier to not getting parents to abandon vaxxines. Sadly, some simply did not want to hassle fighting the system to get an exemption and they they didn't want to make several trips to the office to get individual jabs. Thankfully most parents did take my advice and got the religious exemptions offered in our state. There were a small handful that thought I was full of crap. I had to ask them at that point why they were even in my office if they felt that way?

I was fortunate enough that I dealt with a sizable number of families that were somewhat off grid. Where I live is close to more rural areas where many of them are homesteaders. No vaxxinations, no fluoride, good food, breast feeding, and home schooling. What a difference. Those kids did not have food allergies, asthma, digestive problems, autoimmune, and constant sickness. When I would relay how healthy the rural kids were compared to the city kids, it got the attention of some of the parents with more than a couple of functioning brain cells. The die hard liberal types were more interested in the standard medical narratives and usually did not stay at the office long - I would get called a nut job and they would leave the practice and leave a not so nice review on Yelp. What they didn't get was that those reviews they wrote on Yelp actually brought a few people into the office. They were looking for a tin foil hat nut job. Oh well.