Connecticut Doctors Firing Patients

No Needle, No Service

Walk into your Doctor’s office and refuse to let your kids get vaccinated and they just might say, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.  In a recent study 30% of 133 Connecticut Doctor’s have asked patients to leave their practice after they had refused to have their children vaccinated.  This is up from 6% just a few years ago.

The reasoning is clear, these patients take a lot of time, time the Doctors don’t have as they try to see more patients in less time.  The arguments presented by these patients are largely non-scientific nor data based, making a rational discussion difficult and the outcome not certain.  Additionally they are finding if this is an issue, other issues are likely to arise making this family particularly needy and costly.   If you have ever heard the leading anti-vaccine spokesperson Jenny McCarthy speak on vaccines you get the point.   There is even a website detailing the body count she has caused.

Second, allowing such patients in their offices risks exposing other patients who may not be able to get the vaccine for legit medical reasons such medical complications.

There is a social compact when we get vaccinated, we are not only protecting ourselves we are protecting others and those who can’t get vaccinated.  It is their right to refuse, but as long as Doctors are free business people they are free to refuse also.