Is it ever ethical to have health police?

Sometimes I wonder if those parents who fight so hard against vaccinations have been sold a bill of goods that sets their kids up for illness. Or do these vaccines really cause autism? It's unconscionable for anyone to fail to help and to protect kids. Truly, we MUST do something -- a lot.

As far as I know, every State of the Union forces parents to vaccinate their children for a growing list or the child is barred from getting a public school education. So compulsory vaccinations are a "blackmail" health police law. Children are expelled and deprived an education if their parents do not submit. As an immunologist and microbiologist I am clearly against the chicken pox vaccine, for instance. Then the number one genocide germ in human history is smallpox and the public cannot get a smallpox vaccine. We're in a crazy world! I do volunteer fund raising for our local food bank. We have over 30,000 poor getting food assistance. The majority goes to single Mom's, often children with children by my standard of 25 for adulthood, who have two or three part-time jobs, and pay 85% of their gross income for shelter. No money for food! Protein is expensive and these young womens children are malnourished. The children will not develop to their genetic potential and become nutritionally retarded, becoming slower adults than if their mothers could afford to feed them a sound diet. On a global basis 2 billion people cycle between being malnourished to starving and I think this is, sadly, by design... We blame the innocent for getting sick and dying. I am a pessimistic optimist. We are in trouble but their is still time and hope. We can find ways out of this mess. We must!

Do you support the specific circumstance called Geriatric Depression proven by the patient stating that they "Want to die," usually associated with failing health? Our existing system is geared to force prescription antidepressants onto the senior... What do you think?

I absolutely agree that our Federal government is unconstitutionally taking people's freedoms including their freedom to make their own health decisions. You working in an interesting profession. I seriously considered becoming a med-tech at Colorado State in the 70s where I got my micro degree. I later supervised 65 people as a toxicologist in the pharmaceutical business. The rationale of frequent competency testing of med-techs doe not surprise me since tandem products are so prolific. the Pharmaceutical Business is a $2 trillion a year business! Doctors and nurses have to be re-certified, I think, at least every 7 years. Oh, I am terrified, too! Our health system has been perverted so that we blame the victims for getting sick and dying. Come on people. Think. Their are other Health Police examples... What do you think? Steve