Vaccines | Caffeinated Thoughts

Current Events

Should We Panic over the Measles Outbreaks?

Dr. Jane Orient: Outbreaks have occurred in populations with a near-100 percent vaccination rate. Was it vaccine failure?

Dr. Jane Orient
May 7, 2019
3 minute read

Culture

Sacrificing Freedom to Vaccination

Dr. Jane Orient: If government can dictate what you must inject into your own children, what limits can be placed on its power?

Dr. Jane Orient
March 5, 2019
3 minute read

Politics

Mandates: the Other Side of the ‘Right to Healthcare’

Dr. Jane Orient: The total program being pushed by “right-to-healthcare” cheerleaders is full of mandates. A mandate means you have NO right to opt out, except possibly through some limited exemptions. Americans need to look behind the “rights” rhetoric, see the chains, and follow the money.

Dr. Jane Orient
May 3, 2018
4 minute read

Iowa Politics

Don’t Throw Religious Liberty Under the Bus in Vaccine Debate

The Des Moines Register ran an editorial on Saturday calling for the end of the religious exemption for vaccines which is a bridge too far in this debate.

Shane Vander Hart
February 17, 2015
3 minute read