Several decades ago, we all got our vaccine jabs one at a time spread out over several years. Parents bitched about their child getting stuck repeatedly, crying, etc. so the vaccine companies started combining the vaccines together, like MMR. Then someone decided children need all of their vaccines as soon as possible, so they start giving them before they leave the hospital and sometimes give multiple combined injections in a single visit. Many neurological pathways are still developing in the first 24 months and science hasn't definitively concluded that vaccines don't cause neurological problems. I don't have a problem with the concept of vaccines, but I do have a problem following some supposed expert's schedule of vaccines when they can't show why the accelerated schedule is necessary...it certainly wasn't necessary in the early days of vaccination. Likewise, why give a combo vaccine when you can spread it out. Doctors lose sight of this when the parent doesn't want to follow the "recommended" schedule - they tell the patients stick to the schedule or get lost for fear that they will get sued for malpractice if the child catches something. Sometimes, the doc's just get pissed that you're questioning their "great knowledge"...as if they know 100% of absolutely everything there is to know about medicine. For me, anti-vaccine people are a little out there...but don't lump me and others into that category when we agree with vaccination, but just not the schedule.....................And as far as physician comp is concerned, I've valued hundreds of physician practices for sale. The doc's who don't make a lot of money have poor business practices. I just reviewed a Internal Medicine doc's practice who was taking home $350k....that's 95th percentile. Business savvy, and a hard worker. Don't let the crybaby doc's boo hoo you into thinking they don't make a very comfortable living. In my opinion, they're overpaid. I have a bill from an office visit to a pediatrician from 1970...when you adjust for inflation, it comes to $40. A typical level 2 or 3 visit is reimbursed at $50 - $85. I know, they like to pull out the time value of the money they're not earning while in school and the cost of school, etc. That's a load of crap. You choose medicine because you like it. If you're only in it for the money, none of your patients want you "practicing" medicine on them. Go to a state school for undergrad and maybe be in debt $20k. Go to a state school for medicine and rack up another $100k. I'll round up to $150k to make everyone happy. There shouldn't be any debt in residency, because residents make about $50k and you can live off of that. So once you're out, you making at least $125k and if you live like normal non-physician people, you can pay off your $150k in school loans in 3 years while living comfortably on $75k.
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Several decades ago, we all got our vaccine jabs one at a time spread out over several years. Parents bitched about their child getting stuck repeatedly, crying, etc. so the vaccine companies started combining the vaccines together, like MMR. Then someone decided children need all of their vaccines as soon as possible, so they start giving them before they leave the hospital and sometimes give multiple combined injections in a single visit. Many neurological pathways are still developing in the first 24 months and science hasn't definitively concluded that vaccines don't cause neurological problems. I don't have a problem with the concept of vaccines, but I do have a problem following some supposed expert's schedule of vaccines when they can't show why the accelerated schedule is necessary...it certainly wasn't necessary in the early days of vaccination. Likewise, why give a combo vaccine when you can spread it out. Doctors lose sight of this when the parent doesn't want to follow the "recommended" schedule - they tell the patients stick to the schedule or get lost for fear that they will get sued for malpractice if the child catches something. Sometimes, the doc's just get pissed that you're questioning their "great knowledge"...as if they know 100% of absolutely everything there is to know about medicine. For me, anti-vaccine people are a little out there...but don't lump me and others into that category when we agree with vaccination, but just not the schedule.....................And as far as physician comp is concerned, I've valued hundreds of physician practices for sale. The doc's who don't make a lot of money have poor business practices. I just reviewed a Internal Medicine doc's practice who was taking home $350k....that's 95th percentile. Business savvy, and a hard worker. Don't let the crybaby doc's boo hoo you into thinking they don't make a very comfortable living. In my opinion, they're overpaid. I have a bill from an office visit to a pediatrician from 1970...when you adjust for inflation, it comes to $40. A typical level 2 or 3 visit is reimbursed at $50 - $85. I know, they like to pull out the time value of the money they're not earning while in school and the cost of school, etc. That's a load of crap. You choose medicine because you like it. If you're only in it for the money, none of your patients want you "practicing" medicine on them. Go to a state school for undergrad and maybe be in debt $20k. Go to a state school for medicine and rack up another $100k. I'll round up to $150k to make everyone happy. There shouldn't be any debt in residency, because residents make about $50k and you can live off of that. So once you're out, you making at least $125k and if you live like normal non-physician people, you can pay off your $150k in school loans in 3 years while living comfortably on $75k.