very good post I must say !
I actually live in Bali too and got a one year baby born here in Denpasar hospital. The vaccination topic was an everyday topic for a while as my husband , Balinesse, wanted to do everything and me , I was more to do the main ones, but surely not all the package!!!
I think people get really influenced by doctors. The doctor we had give us shit loads of vaccins to do and we were going there every months !! She never explained us what she was doing and never asked us If we agree or not ! She just say ' Come back next month ' . At this stage I didn't know much about vaccin so I trusted her . After 7 months I started to have enought, plus the vaccins were REALLY expensive and had a look at what she was doing and realise that she wanted to give a lot of useless vaccins, like for diarhéa or fever ... I told my husband that we should stop that and after explaining him the risks (autism, etc ...) he agreed. We still went once again to the doctor to make sure about what has been done or not and she get really upset when she realise we were gonna stop the vaccins , she tried to change the mind of my husband by giving silly reasons.
My point is : doctors here and maybe in other countries push people to do as much vaccins as possible, I guess for money, and without explaining anything so the parents trust the doctor and just follow. It's a lack of education and also the dishonnesty of doctors.
Medication is a big business around the world and all of the pharmacetic companies got big interest on keeping us unhealthy and sick so they can keep saling us useless or dangerous medication and pretend that It is good for us and gonna fix diseases
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Thank you for your very interesting and informative comment!
It is strange that you mention vaccination for diarrhea - we were just discussing this topic at home! =)
It seems bizarre that Doctors in Indonesia are vaccinating for diarrhea as it is part of the body's natural defence mechanism for illness in the gut.
I think I know why your Doctor got angry when you decided not to have any more vaccinations. I have personally been involved in the corruption of Doctors by one of the world's largest Pharmaceutical companies with the assistance of the Government. I saw first hand that Doctor's have financial incentives to prescribe more drugs and give more vaccinations. Perhaps your Doctor was worried about her "commission" Here is the link to my post:
https://steemit.com/life/@jockey/my-partricipation-in-corruption-of-the-medical-industry
It is great to see more Bali crew here on Steemit. Followed and upvoted!
Cheers! =)