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  1. sacred
    worthy of respect or dedication
    Now it’s become a banner under which politicians gather to threaten one of our most sacred rights — the right to give informed consent for medical treatment.
  2. consent
    permission to do something
    Now it’s become a banner under which politicians gather to threaten one of our most sacred rights — the right to give informed consent for medical treatment.
  3. vaccine
    injection of weakened or dead microbes to create antibodies
    Whether you are for vaccines, against them, or neutral, allow me to ask this question: Is vaccination a medical treatment which should fall under the protection of informed consent, or does the government have the right to force them on every American?
  4. neutral
    not supporting or favoring either side in a dispute
    Whether you are for vaccines, against them, or neutral, allow me to ask this question: Is vaccination a medical treatment which should fall under the protection of informed consent, or does the government have the right to force them on every American?
  5. vaccination
    taking a substance, usually by injection, against a disease
    Whether you are for vaccines, against them, or neutral, allow me to ask this question: Is vaccination a medical treatment which should fall under the protection of informed consent, or does the government have the right to force them on every American?
  6. pediatrician
    a medical specialist in the care of children
    As a pediatrician, I give patients the MMR vaccine almost every day in my office.
  7. mandate
    make obligatory
    And I follow the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control which mandate that I provide informed consent.
  8. policy
    a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
    The American Medical Association describes informed consent as a patient’s right of self-decision and a basic policy in both ethics and law that physicians must honor.
  9. ethics
    the philosophical study of moral values and rules
    The American Medical Association describes informed consent as a patient’s right of self-decision and a basic policy in both ethics and law that physicians must honor.
  10. severe
    very bad in degree or extent
    But here are two salient facts:
    ● About 2,000 severe reactions are reported to the CDC each year which result in prolonged hospitalization, permanent disability, or death.
  11. prolonged
    relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
    But here are two salient facts:
    ● About 2,000 severe reactions are reported to the CDC each year which result in prolonged hospitalization, permanent disability, or death.
  12. outbreak
    a sudden occurrence or increase of something undesirable
    You might think it’s the actual measles outbreak that is responsible for the current political hysteria.
  13. hysteria
    excessive or uncontrollable fear
    You might think it’s the actual measles outbreak that is responsible for the current political hysteria.
  14. opportunistic
    taking advantage of any circumstance of possible benefit
    Instead, it is a carefully crafted opportunistic attempt to overstate what measles could potentially do to our nation.
  15. overstate
    enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
    Instead, it is a carefully crafted opportunistic attempt to overstate what measles could potentially do to our nation.
  16. initial
    occurring at the beginning
    ● After the initial surge, it is now moving slowly.
  17. surge
    a sudden or abrupt strong increase
    ● After the initial surge, it is now moving slowly.
  18. exponential
    involving a quantity being multiplied by itself
    It is not spreading like wildfire in an exponential explosion of unprecedented proportion.
  19. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
    It is not spreading like wildfire in an exponential explosion of unprecedented proportion.
  20. proportion
    relation with respect to comparative quantity or magnitude
    It is not spreading like wildfire in an exponential explosion of unprecedented proportion.
  21. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
    ● Last year’s 640 cases were an anomaly because over 400 occurred in one Amish community in New York and over 100 cases hit an unvaccinated church community in Texas.
  22. plague
    any epidemic disease with a high death rate
    It’s not the plague.
  23. polio
    a viral disease that can cause muscle weakness or paralysis
    It’s not polio.
  24. vaccinate
    produce immunity in by inoculation
    If the plague hits, let’s force everyone to vaccinate.
  25. intermittent
    stopping and starting at irregular intervals
    It has a small and intermittent presence in our country.
  26. confines
    a bounded scope
    If you would rather make your own medical decisions within the sacred confines of the doctor/patient relationship, then let Sacramento know now.
Created on Sun Jan 12 20:06:54 EST 2020 (updated Sun Jan 12 21:43:05 EST 2020)

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