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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRand Paul Is Linked to Doctors’ Group That Supports Vaccination Challenges
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/us/politics/rand-paul-linked-to-association-of-american-physicians-and-surgeons.htmlBack in 2009, when Rand Paul was pursuing his long-shot bid to win Kentuckys Republican Senate primary, he spoke to a small physicians association that has publicized discredited medical theories, including possible links between vaccines and autism and between abortion and an increased risk of breast cancer.
At the time, Mr. Paul, an ophthalmologist, was no stranger to the group, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. He boasted at its annual meeting that he had been a member for more than two decades and that he relied on its research, statistics and views about the role of government in medicine.
I am not a newcomer to AAPS, Mr. Paul said, referring to the group.
On Monday, Mr. Paul helped set off an uproar when he said amid a national measles outbreak that parents should be allowed to decide whether their children needed to be vaccinated, and that he had heard from parents whose children had suffered profound mental disorders after being vaccinated.
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Rand Paul Is Linked to Doctors’ Group That Supports Vaccination Challenges (Original Post)
eridani
Feb 2015
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AnnieBW
(10,450 posts)1. What Do Opthamologists Know About Pediatric Vaccines?
I mean, I know that doctors do rotations in every specialty, so he must know SOMETHING about pediatrics. But, seriously, his specialty is eye surgery, NOT pediatrics.
icymist
(15,888 posts)2. The phrase 'Rand Paul Is Linked to Doctors’ Group' don't sound right.
Didn't he make up his certification?
eridani
(51,907 posts)3. It isn't about whether he has an MD or not
It's affiliation with a group of anti-vaxxers.