Tennessee Mandates More Vaccinations for Kids

Big Pharma picks up a few more bucks. The 27 vaccinations per child will only increase over time.

Tennessee children should be ready to bare their arms and thighs for a bevy of needle sticks — like it or not — before they can go to school next year.

That's because the state passed new rules that require school-age children to get vaccinated against chicken pox, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, whooping cough and pneumococcal disease — on top of the vaccines they already get.By the seventh grade, a child will have had 27 doses of immunizations to protect against diseases, many now eradicated. Some parents wonder if children are being over-vaccinated.

Tennesseans do a good job of getting children immunized. The state ranks fourth in the nation. About 98 percent of children get shots as required, and about 1 percent have a religious or health exemption.

But one in four parents believe a link exists between autism and vaccines, {more - The Tennesseean}


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Tennessee Mandates More Vaccinations for Kids

Big Pharma picks up a few more bucks. The 27 vaccinations per child will only increase over time.

Tennessee children should be ready to bare their arms and thighs for a bevy of needle sticks — like it or not — before they can go to school next year.

That's because the state passed new rules that require school-age children to get vaccinated against chicken pox, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, whooping cough and pneumococcal disease — on top of the vaccines they already get.By the seventh grade, a child will have had 27 doses of immunizations to protect against diseases, many now eradicated. Some parents wonder if children are being over-vaccinated.

Tennesseans do a good job of getting children immunized. The state ranks fourth in the nation. About 98 percent of children get shots as required, and about 1 percent have a religious or health exemption.

But one in four parents believe a link exists between autism and vaccines, {more - The Tennesseean}


Court Rules Mercury-Containing Immunizations are Good for You ... so go back to sleep

~~~

Lobbyists distort all issues. Follow the money.

Number of Special Interests Vying to Influence Health Reform Legislation Swelled As Debate Dragged On

From Open Secrets. Buying votes in Congress and influencing federal agencies.

Riff-raff not wanted - mall won't get health clinic for low-income women, children

A declining 1.1 million square feet mall with empty spaces at bargain rents seemed like a good place for Metro Nashville to put in in a federal Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children health clinic. After all, it is in the area where 40% of all the city's WIC recipients live.

A community meeting of local residents thought otherwise and shot it down. It might cause a decline in property values and be seen as a 'stigma' was the reason given.

Antioch is the south Nashville neighborhood lovingly called 'Hispanioch' and LA (lower Antioch) by the locals who have been there a while. As in many cities, it's the area where immigrants have flocked, driving down property values in a cycle of decline.

The ruling folks have no problem with the health clinic somewhere else in the area. It just needs to be 'out of sight, out of mind.' A lady I know who works as a public clinic nurse in a city close by says approximately 70% of their 'clients' are illegals. They even have 5 full time translators. They stay busy.

I certainly don't want little babies and kids going hungry and sick. It's not their fault and as long as we have the system we do, those that come here via the sanctioned but illegal routes are going to use the system as it is handed to them. Some residents just think it's best not to have them coming into a mall for all to see. It might get people taking about 'what's going on.'

Of course there's always a double standard. A couple of years ago, Vanderbilt Hospital opened a clinic in a near ghost mall in another part of Nashville. It's a for profit health clinic aimed at those with insurance or plenty of cash and is being touted as a model for cities all over the country. Patients even get pagers so they can eat or shop while waiting for their turn. The clinic and mall are thriving.


The below is satire but it says a lot about health care in this country and those that are paid to control it.

Joe Lieberman's Health Care Memo Leaked to the Press

"The people who matter already have health care."

Riff-raff not wanted - mall won't get health clinic for low-income women, children

A declining 1.1 million square feet mall with empty spaces at bargain rents seemed like a good place for Metro Nashville to put in in a federal Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children health clinic. After all, it is in the area where 40% of all the city's WIC recipients live.

A community meeting of local residents thought otherwise and shot it down. It might cause a decline in property values and be seen as a 'stigma' was the reason given.

Antioch is the south Nashville neighborhood lovingly called 'Hispanioch' and LA (lower Antioch) by the locals who have been there a while. As in many cities, it's the area where immigrants have flocked, driving down property values in a cycle of decline.

The ruling folks have no problem with the health clinic somewhere else in the area. It just needs to be 'out of sight, out of mind.' A lady I know who works as a public clinic nurse in a city close by says approximately 70% of their 'clients' are illegals. They even have 5 full time translators. They stay busy.

I certainly don't want little babies and kids going hungry and sick. It's not their fault and as long as we have the system we do, those that come here via the sanctioned but illegal routes are going to use the system as it is handed to them. Some residents just think it's best not to have them coming into a mall for all to see. It might get people taking about 'what's going on.'

Of course there's always a double standard. A couple of years ago, Vanderbilt Hospital opened a clinic in a near ghost mall in another part of Nashville. It's a for profit health clinic aimed at those with insurance or plenty of cash and is being touted as a model for cities all over the country. Patients even get pagers so they can eat or shop while waiting for their turn. The clinic and mall are thriving.


The below is satire but it says a lot about health care in this country and those that are paid to control it.

Joe Lieberman's Health Care Memo Leaked to the Press

"The people who matter already have health care."