It's not just antivaxxers who view their children as extensions of themselves or their property. Far too many parents think "parental rights" are absolute and that the state should not be able to intervene when they choose quackery over medicine for life-threatening illnesses. 1/ https://t.co/VK4uVZsxTZ
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Even parents who don't support quackery and disapprove of the decisions of parents to choose quackery over chemotherapy for their children with treatable cancers will often shrug their shoulders and STILL say that the state shouldn't intervene. It's maddening. 2/
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David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Brenda Bell
Here's an example. It's an antivaxxer, but she doesn't go for quackery for cancer. I asked her if she thought it was OK for parents to let their child die of, say, type 1 diabetes by treating it with prayer instead of insulin. Here was her answer. 3/https://twitter.com/tmana/status/1210276999073353728?s=20 …
David Gorski, MD, PhD added,
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This attitude that parental rights are absolute kills children. It's not theoretical. It's not hypothetical. It's real, and I've written about more cases than I can remember over the last 15 years. 4/4
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thanks for banning Katie Retweeted Brenda Bell
Brenda even thinks sexual abuse by parents is probably okay
https://twitter.com/tmana/status/1210289847627321345?s=21 …thanks for banning Katie added,
Brenda Bell @tmanaReplying to @faciliheir @gorskon @joltdudeThat depends on the social and religious culture. I'd normally say sexual abuse is out, but where does discipline end and abuse begin? Where does poverty end and abuse begin? Those are slippery slopes, and I think that as a culture, we've gone too far against the parents2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
Holy crap! I missed that one!
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