Private Practice of scare mongering

I was watching the show Private Practice the other night with my daughter, and one of the story lines was about a woman with three children who had chosen not to immunize the younger two after her oldest contracted autism after receiving a shot.

Her middle child had picked up measles somewhere, and was very ill from it.  The pediatrician in the show, who up until this point had been respectful of her wishes not to immunize her other children, had turned rabid in the face of this situation, and was adamantly insisting that she protect her third child by giving him the shot.

The mother was beside herself with worry and grief, but the one thing she knew for sure was that her child had been happy and full of life, received the shot and was never the same again.  She knew, as only mothers can, what happened to that child, and she was damned if she was going to let it happen to her other two.

The one theme running throughout the show was the repeated statement by the actor doctors that immunizations do not cause autism.  They said this in such a scornful manner, that I was a little taken aback by this.  Because the truth of the matter is, there is no solid proof EITHER WAY that immunizations cause autism.  The only thing that there is are countless children with autism -- an epidemic of it, really -- and no answer as to why they have it now and not before now.  There are definitely parents who believe, without a shadow of a doubt, that their "normal" children changed after they had their shots.  

Of course this is not proof.  Parents are not experts, they certainly have no say in any of this.  Why should they?  They know nothing.  But doctors, well, if a doctor says that a shot won't cause autism, then so be it.

Has anyone ever read the fine print on a release form?  These immunizations can cause a whole host of reactions -- though they haven't and won't put autism on there.  The reasoning is that for every kid who has an adverse reaction to a shot, there are hundreds who do not.  Therefore, it is "safe."

As the show went on, I thought to myself that they better not have that kid die of measles.  Yes, I know you can die of measles, but you can die of flu, a sore throat and any host of things, depending on the state of your immune system.  My point is that there are people watching this show and getting a real dose of skewed information!  Despite the mother's pathetic (as they were portrayed) wailings about the state of her autistic son, the doctor was adamant that she was KILLING this one son, and could kill the other.  Did he use these words?  No.  But he had to take the situation into his own hands, and he walked right past the mother and gave her child a shot.

Are you kidding me?  You have to sign release forms for a reason!  Oh, but this is television, right?

So, my daughter, who is 15 and knows she will never be an experiment for the HPV (Gardisal) vaccine against cervical cancer, was confused.  And I was disgusted.  Since when do we use mainstream TV to promote agendas?  Even Boston Legal, which spoofed on current issues, did so in such an extreme manner that there was very little one could get upset about, no matter which side of the fence they sat.

But to kill a child on TV to make a point, all the while having the doctors scorn the mother's decision, making brazen comments like "vaccines are safe," without any facts whatsoever.  And then killing off the child to make the mother look like a monster?

Back in the day, the Partridge Family wouldn't have killed off anyone just to promote an agenda.  The Brady's were a happy, healthy lot.  Heck, we don't know if they even went to the doctor.  But now all we can watch on TV are medical-based shows, lawyer-based shows and that last scourge upon society:  REALITY Tv.

One can only hope that people are intelligent enough to realize that the corporate-driven television stations who are sleeping with big pharma are creating story lines to get into your head and create a whole new vision for you.

Just spit it out -- it leaves a bad taste in the mouth -- kind of like thermerosol -- you know, the preservative in vaccines that doesn't affect infants.  Hell, we were born to store mercury in our cells.