SophieRose
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California wants to pull this doctor's license. Here's how it's sparked a new battle over child vaccinations
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-sears-vaccine-20160909-snap-story.html
Dr. Robert Sears is one of the leading voices in the anti-vaccination world, a hero to parents suspicious of childhood immunizations that public health officials say are crucial to preventing disease outbreaks.
So when the Medical Board of California announced last week that it was moving to pull the Orange County pediatricians medical license, it immediately set the stage for a new battle in the long-running fight over whether schoolchildren should be vaccinated.
At the heart of the case is whether Sears used sound medical practices when he wrote a doctors note for a 2-year-old boy, saying he should have no more routine childhood vaccines for the duration of his childhood. In its six-page accusation, the medical board said Sears made that conclusion without obtaining even basic medical information, such as a detailed history of vaccines the boy previously received and any reactions that occurred, before deciding to recommend against future immunizations.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-sears-vaccine-20160909-snap-story.html
Dr. Robert Sears is one of the leading voices in the anti-vaccination world, a hero to parents suspicious of childhood immunizations that public health officials say are crucial to preventing disease outbreaks.
So when the Medical Board of California announced last week that it was moving to pull the Orange County pediatricians medical license, it immediately set the stage for a new battle in the long-running fight over whether schoolchildren should be vaccinated.
At the heart of the case is whether Sears used sound medical practices when he wrote a doctors note for a 2-year-old boy, saying he should have no more routine childhood vaccines for the duration of his childhood. In its six-page accusation, the medical board said Sears made that conclusion without obtaining even basic medical information, such as a detailed history of vaccines the boy previously received and any reactions that occurred, before deciding to recommend against future immunizations.