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Literally, "Think of the Children!" Parents have claimed religious exceptions to performing recommended medical procedures and inoculations since the dawn of m

Literally, "Think of the Children!" Parents have claimed religious exceptions to performing recommended medical procedures and inoculations since the dawn of modern medicine, and sought out alternative treatments. The same parents who would try to cure autism by bleach injections are the same ones who would just as readily practice Mesmerism or whatever other 18th century nonsense you can think of. The only difference is that instead of a stranger coming to town in a tent, like something out of Blood Meridian, it's some glowing words on a box.

epgui 4y ago
> Parents have claimed religious exceptions Yes, and these are often allowed. However, there are guardrails. Hospitals have multidisciplinary teams of lawyers, ethicists, psychologists and religious counsellors to ensure that these are legitimate beliefs and that risks are within certain boundaries. You can't exactly apply the same care to the internet at large.
- ok123456 4y ago
  Most of that boils down to very politely asking the parents to follow the recommended standard of care. Unless there's outright abuse, like broken bones without a satisfactory explanation, there's no real intervention. You want to take a guess at how often an old order Amish child goes to the pediatrician?
  - epgui 4y ago
    I would guess not very often! But as with anything, you have to think about how things scale. The Amish are a small fraction of the population, and there's no imminent danger that suddenly everyone will take up the behaviour and stop taking their children to the paediatrician. Amish videos aren't "trending" on TikTok. :) If ever there was, or if that happened, then we might have a crisis on our hands, and we might be talking about doing something about it. None of this happens in a vacuum, nor should it be considered as if it did.

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Literally, "Think of the Children!" Parents have claimed religious exceptions to performing recommended medical procedures and inoculations since the dawn of m

by ok123456 4y ago

epgui 4y ago
> Parents have claimed religious exceptions Yes, and these are often allowed. However, there are guardrails. Hospitals have multidisciplinary teams of lawyers, ethicists, psychologists and religious counsellors to ensure that these are legitimate beliefs and that risks are within certain boundaries. You can't exactly apply the same care to the internet at large.
- ok123456 4y ago
  Most of that boils down to very politely asking the parents to follow the recommended standard of care. Unless there's outright abuse, like broken bones without a satisfactory explanation, there's no real intervention. You want to take a guess at how often an old order Amish child goes to the pediatrician?
  - epgui 4y ago
    I would guess not very often! But as with anything, you have to think about how things scale. The Amish are a small fraction of the population, and there's no imminent danger that suddenly everyone will take up the behaviour and stop taking their children to the paediatrician. Amish videos aren't "trending" on TikTok. :) If ever there was, or if that happened, then we might have a crisis on our hands, and we might be talking about doing something about it. None of this happens in a vacuum, nor should it be considered as if it did.