Doctor Reacts to Middle Ground: Pro-Vaccine vs Anti-Vaccine

It's difficult to win an argument against a smart person but it's even harder to win an argument against a stupid person.

What I don't understand is if your child cannot be vaccinated due to adverse affects, why would you then advocate for anti vaccination? Your child is now a part of the group that relies on herd immunity...advocating for anti-vax just puts your own child at even more of a risk...🤦🏾‍♀️

Just imagine being the pro-vaccine doctor who probably has 15+ years of studying, looking at countless studies, and practicing medicine only for a wine mom with zero understanding of medicine to tell you "you're wrong."

If your child has an autoimmune disorder you should be PRO vaccine, even if it means not vaccinating that child. You need the healthy children around your child to be vaccinated so they don't spread these preventable illnesses to yours

It's like being anti-surgery because there's a death rate for every operation.

"Safe-ish" Ok, lady, so are airbags in a car. But if I'm about to slam 70 mph into a wall, I rather trust my life in something that's safe-ish than find to out if my body can live without a head.

"i did my own research" You mean, you googled it and found 68 results that contradicted your opinion and found ONE that validated it.

My grandmother was a polio survivor. she spent time in an iron lung and lost the use of her legs for the rest of her life. My grandfather lost hearing in one of his ears after a childhood bout of the flu. I had RSV at 2 months old, and have struggled with serve asthma my whole life. refusing to vaccinate your child against illnesses with common harmful side effects because of a one in a million side effect (or worse, a 'side effect' that has been THROUGHLY DISPROVEN) makes me enraged

Trained doctor: "The side effects are one in a million" Internet mom: "no"

"You're downplaying the risks of vaccines." As opposed to downplaying the risks of measles, polio, smallpox, etc?

In my opinion, I agree with Dr. Mike that no one should ever become anti-vaccine because of a negative experience themselves (as long as the vaccine has gone through the proper trials and is safe to use in general). Imagine if the kids with Polio had originally chosen not to take the vaccine; nowadays the illness is essentially gone because of the use of vaccines.

Becoming a parent doesn’t grant you a medical degree or make you a therapist. You’re well-intentioned but to say that you know what will or won’t hurt your child from a medical standpoint better than someone who has spent their life studying medicine…no, you don’t. Respectfully, you don’t.

"In the end, parents know their children best." "I actually very much disagree with that statement. The closer you are in relation to the patient, the more likely that your bias is gonna be at play, and you're not be able to make an objective decision." Love the way he politely disagrees and gives a logical explanation.

“I don’t want my kids to have arthritis” *Kid gets polio* “Well at least he doesn’t have arthritis”

To speak on a personal item regarding vaccinations, when I was in the Army prior to deployment to certain locations on the planet, the Small Pox vaccine is administered to deploying service members. I was given an indefinite medical exemption based upon certain and specific criteria; it became exceptionally important that everyone else in my unit carry an immunological response if that were ever introduced to the environment. In that regard, all of their immune systems had my immune system's back when we were deployed.

Hi Dr Mike. I had anaphylaxis as a result of my first covid jab (astro zeneca). As a Doctor was there, I was treated, so it was really unpleasant but dealt with. Here's my issue..... From some people I received a lot of abuse, when I explained that I didn't want to go for any more covid jabs due to the anaphylaxis, inuding someone who told me that I should have it because covid is worse than anaphylaxis! They had never had an allergic reaction of any kind.... I discussed the jab again with a doctor, once the zeneca jab had been withdrawn, and we talked about the risks, especially as I have chonic q fever and a lot of other conditions, some of which are autoimmune disorders. I was asked to have the jab in the hospital, had an allergic reaction again, but it was dealt with. Bullying is wrong, open communication is key. Much love from the uk.

There’s a saying that goes something like this “Winning an argument against a smart person is hard. Winning an argument against an ignorant person is impossible.”

Don’t confuse your google search with my medical degree

Wonderful video, Dr. Mike. I appreciate your objectivity.

I once had a nightmare where Antivaxxers took over the UN and banned vaccines and Autism. Then there was a knock at the door. I woke up before I could open the door.