I am currently a graduate student in biomedical informatics. I live and go to school in the San Francisco bay area, which is heaven on earth for someone who likes good food, good weather, scenery and the outdoors as much as I do. In my spare time, I play a lot of Ultimate Frisbee, bake a lot of bread, read a lot of books, and follow the burgeoning Open Science movement. Once upon a time, I considered being an architect, a graphic designer, a chef, a carpenter, a musician, and a zoologist, among other things. These leanings may still be evident at the occasional potluck, karaoke night, hiking trip, and IKEA.
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Your Oprah post was so poetic and awesome! Thank you so much – I even Twittered about it!
@immunizecokids – Poetic, smart and dead-on post about @Oprah signing deal with anti-vax @JennyfromMTV “Open Letter to Oprah” http://ow.ly/6uWf
I agree with you at this time. The risks are to great to facilitate a trend away from childhood vaccinations.
Jenny McCarthy is NOT anti-vaccine. Please, do some research before going off about something.
I’d appreciate you thinking about other children as well …children who would die if they did get a certain vaccine (my own, included in that).
I am not “anti-vaccine” either. Like McCarthy, I am anti “one size fits all children.” I’m pro-”doctors and parents (NOT government) make medical decisions regarding our OWN children.”
~Sarah
Tennessee