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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

Michigan, USA
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    1. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 26 Dec 2019

      David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Mia Efrem

      Except it’s usually not the antivaxxers’ body, is it? It’s their children’s bodies. (No one’s forcing adults to be vaccinated.) This is just another example of how antivaxxers view their children as property or an extension of themselves.https://twitter.com/MsheArt2_Mia/status/1209981538391203841 …

      David Gorski, MD, PhD added,

      Mia Efrem @MsheArt2_Mia
      That's exactly what anyone is, who mandates vaccines. #Mybodymyright https://twitter.com/JeffShipley77/status/1208967752981131264 …
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    2. Brenda Bell‏ @tmana 26 Dec 2019
      Replying to @gorskon @joltdude

      But the flip side implies a child's body is the property of the State. The bottom line is, kids belong to (or are wards of) their parents, who should be empowered to make ALL decisions on their behalf until they reach an age of reason. Whether out not we agree with them.

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 26 Dec 2019
      Replying to @tmana @joltdude

      “Belong to the parents”? Freudian slip there? No, parental rights are not absolute, nor should they be. Children are separate beings with rights of their own, among them the right to proper medical care.

      10:58 AM - 26 Dec 2019
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        1. (((Dorit Reiss)))‏Verified account @doritmi 26 Dec 2019
          Replying to @gorskon @tmana @joltdude

          Parents are guardians or trustees of their children. They have decision making rights - up to a point. Laws forbidding child labor and requiring that children be educated reflect the fact that parental rights are not absolute.

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        2. Brenda Bell‏ @tmana 26 Dec 2019
          Replying to @gorskon @joltdude

          I agree that children are separate beings, but disagree that parental rights are a privilege to be granted by the State, and contingent upon following the State's rules for child rearing

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 26 Dec 2019
          Replying to @tmana @joltdude

          So you’d be OK with parents not giving their child with type 1 diabetes insulin or treating their child with a treatable cancer with homeopathic quackery instead of chemo? You’d be fine letting these children die in the name of “parental rights.”

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        2. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 26 Dec 2019
          Replying to @gorskon @tmana @joltdude

          In the case of abuse or medical neglect, society has an obligation to step in and correct that. Consider this: If parents are treating their child with type 1 diabetes with prayer instead of insulin, are their “rights” absolute? If yes, tough luck for the child, who will die.

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        3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 26 Dec 2019
          Replying to @gorskon @tmana @joltdude

          No, in such a case, the state has not only the right, but the obligation, to step in and see that the child gets proper medical care. Ditto in the case of a child with cancer whose parents are treating him with homeopathy instead of science-based oncology care.

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        1. Autistic Rights Advocates Eire.‏ @RightsEire 26 Dec 2019
          Replying to @gorskon @PileOfGoop and

          Yes! They never get this!!! Children are not your property and viewing them as such is a red flag in child protection cirteria in some countries.

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