>>It's one thing for anti-vaxxers to be clueless about this, but doctors? I'm in Canada; My best friend was a Microbiology/Pharmacology scholarship PhD and the

>>It's one thing for anti-vaxxers to be clueless about this, but doctors? I'm in Canada; My best friend was a Microbiology/Pharmacology scholarship PhD and then researcher; After a decade working for universities, she went back to medical school and is just finishing her Anesthesiology residency. I am struggling to reconcile the difficulty, and scientific orientation of that program; with my friend's stories of fellow students (universally a decade younger) and their various predispositions. From students who for religious reasons cannot attend certain classes (as it clashes with their beliefs), cannot be alone with or treat a person of opposite gender etc; to those who have casual dismissal of scientific method; to those who seamlessly mix the scientific/medical practices taught, with naturopathy, homeopathy, various ilks of "alternative medicine", as well as further fringes. To me that's a lot of studying and a lot of effort for something you don't buy into, but at the end of the day universities are not thought police: if you passed the exams, there isn't a final test that you believe in what they taught you... :-/ (in US, I think Dr Oz is a prime, successful if unfortunate example - by all accounts a skilled cardio surgeon; and by all accounts there is _no_ end to the Woo he'll promote on his show :\ ) Edit to add another example:"Nurses against mandatory vaccinations" was a significant group/movement in North America as well :-/. They claim that patients actually specifically ask for an unvaccinated nurse - I cannot imagine logic for that even from an anti-vaccination person, but there you have it: https://nursesagainstmandatoryvaccines.wordpress.com/2015/11/10/two-possible-major-legal-loopholes-for-us-to-consider/ https://nursesagainstmandatoryvaccines.wordpress.com/2015/11...