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    Canadian doctors seeing rise in parents refusing vitamin K shots for newborns

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    1. loushing on

      When my nephew was born last month, the other family at the hospital with whom we were sharing a semi-private recovery room, refused to take this shot for their newborn. They had many visits for doctors and even the head of the pediatric unit to advise the parents but they simply refused.

      Not just vitamin k. There were others that she refused but I don’t remember now.

    2. SuggestionShort7943 on

      This is ridiculous!!! Some people are a special kind of dumb and I feel bad for their kids!

    3. hypermillcat on

      Same people will take every vitamin and supplement in the world in megadoses

    5. Nearby-Poetry-5060 on

      “we’ve chosen to not believe in science for the good of our baby” 

    6. oneonus on

      Not fair for newborns, shouldn’t be optional and simply given to them with parents having no say.

      Refusal is now jeopardizing their life and resulting in an additional hospital visits on our already defunded health institutions.

    7. FDFI on

      Parents should be require to sign a contract agreeing to pay for any future health care needs resulting from the refusal of the vitamin K shot. Taxpayers should not be on the hook to pay for people making dumb choices against the advice of medical experts.

    8. matnerlander on

      And then you’ll see them sympathy farm on social media when their child dies

    9. SassBerryPie on

      My child would have died without his vitamin K shot. He suffered a brain hemorrhage during the birthing process and without the shot the bleed would have not stopped until it killed him.

    10. Flangepacket on

      Such a crazy dice roll being born.. are my parents of sound mind and judgment? Will I have to fight for my life unnecessarily?

    11. Outrageous-Advice384 on

      It’s a vitamin. I thought these antivaxx people believed vitamins cured everything, no? I’m so confused

    13. Kaptain-Kanada on

      These are the same people that think vaccines cause autism. Their stupidity is literally killing kids.

    14. Low-Doughnut-6764 on

      I would love to know more breakdown of the demographics of those who refuse, particularly religious or cultural beliefs, race, socioeconomics etc.

    15. The1Mad1Hatter on

      You know what used to be popular before the discovery of vaccines? Baby coffins.

    16. KrolArtemiza on

      Anecdotally, when I had my son last year, the nurses literally breathed a sigh of relief when we responded “all of them” to which vaccines we were planning on giving him. They were clearly gearing up for a fight.

      By the end of our stay, we replied with “we will be doing everything that is medically recommended” so many times to disbelieving faces we started feeling like we were talking to POWs.

      I’m not sure why anyone would look at infant mortality rates of a century ago and think “I want that”

    17. CertainHeart2890 on

      These people love their misinformation more than their children. You will never convince me otherwise

    18. IngovilleWrites on

      We adopted our son via open adoption and I was extremely fortunate to have been invited to attend the delivery.

      However, birth mom (age 15) has a mom who is extremely anti-vax. They did not allow ANYTHING post-birth. No eye drops, no vitamin K shot. “What an unfriendly way to be welcomed to the world!” was the reasoning, and “No need for these ridiculous things. It’s all just a money-grab..”

    19. sogladatwork on

      Any Canadian who doesn’t listen and seriously consider their doctor’s advice because some YouTuber told them differently, shouldn’t even be having kids.

    22. Bashfullylascivious on

      Stupid, stupid people. It’s literally everything they rant about curing everything, from hiccups to ebola – a _vitamin_. A _VIT-A-MIN_.

    23. tralfamadorian808 on

      Darwin Award? Except it’s not the individual committing the idiotic act, so it’s not fair. They should go to jail for that kind of stupidity if a baby actually died.

    24. Oxjrnine on

      So you believe in medicine enough to go to the hospital to have your baby to make sure there isn’t any issues but you don’t believe in medicine when a simple life-saving vitamin shot is available?

    25. Red_Cross_Knight1 on

      Meanwhile my wife and I are “give the baby all the shots, too many stupid people in this world “

    26. rmdg84 on

      I’m sad that this special kind of stupid has leaked into Canada from the US.