My Doctor Pressured Me to Vaccinate

by Julia Dias
(Brazil)

It's just natural to trust your doctor. They speak well and act very concerned about your child. They are normally friendly. It's easy to trust them. When you question vaccination, they seem to take it almost personally.

Could it be that it is personal for them? Do they make money on the vaccines? Could be.

In any case, my pediatrician really pressured me into vaccinating my young child and tried to get us to give him all the shots on the vaccination schedule.

He just made me feel bad for questioning vaccination as well as bad because it was like I wasn't trusting him.

He sort of made me feel like he was more concerned about the health of my child than I was. That's not a very nice situation to be in.

Does anyone have any ideas?