Trenton, NJ - According to Anjalee Khemlani, "Parental fears are driving a change in treatment methods for physicians and pediatricians around New Jersey, but not all medical professionals believe the fears are unwarranted. Vaccine questions circulating through the Internet are making it harder for doctors to give children and teens the vaccines they should be getting in one visit. Instead, a requested breakup of the vaccine “schedule,” which includes 14 vaccines, means they could be split into two to three different visits."
Flu and HPV vaccines are the most perplexing for doctors in New Jersey, as many parents are wary about the increasing number of vaccinations required for their children, and choose not to add optional vaccines to the list.
This became a bigger issue, especially in suburban parts of the state, after a 2007 law made it easier to opt out of otherwise-required vaccines.
A bill to revert to pre-2007 requirements for immunizations introduced this year was met with a significant amount of public outcry.
Right now, that bill is “dead in the water, because Gov. (Chris) Christie is not going to sign it,” said Wayne Yankus, a retired pediatrician who gave testimony for the bill in Trenton.
Yankus was part of a panel of medical professionals at Hackensack University Medical Center’s annual biomedical ethics symposium last week, and discussed the topic of vaccine objections around the country.
For the full story: http://www.njbiz.com/article/20151125/NJBIZ01/151129886/vaccination-trends-concerns-are-focus-of-medical-ethics-symposium?utm_source=NJBIZ+Health+Care&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=http%3a%2f%2fwww.njbiz.com%2farticle%2f20151125%2fNJBIZ01%2f151129886%2fvaccination-trends-concerns-are-focus-of-medical-ethics-symposium&utm_campaign=Health+Care+Weekly%3a+Vaccination+trends%2c+concerns+are+focus+of+medical+ethics+symposium
This became a bigger issue, especially in suburban parts of the state, after a 2007 law made it easier to opt out of otherwise-required vaccines.
A bill to revert to pre-2007 requirements for immunizations introduced this year was met with a significant amount of public outcry.
Right now, that bill is “dead in the water, because Gov. (Chris) Christie is not going to sign it,” said Wayne Yankus, a retired pediatrician who gave testimony for the bill in Trenton.
Yankus was part of a panel of medical professionals at Hackensack University Medical Center’s annual biomedical ethics symposium last week, and discussed the topic of vaccine objections around the country.
For the full story: http://www.njbiz.com/article/20151125/NJBIZ01/151129886/vaccination-trends-concerns-are-focus-of-medical-ethics-symposium?utm_source=NJBIZ+Health+Care&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=http%3a%2f%2fwww.njbiz.com%2farticle%2f20151125%2fNJBIZ01%2f151129886%2fvaccination-trends-concerns-are-focus-of-medical-ethics-symposium&utm_campaign=Health+Care+Weekly%3a+Vaccination+trends%2c+concerns+are+focus+of+medical+ethics+symposium
