Ridiculous use of force by police.

farfromsilent said

When a 2-year-old little boy spiked a fever over 100 degrees late last month, his pregnant mother took him to the doctor around dinnertime. The physician — concerned over the fact that the child was unvaccinated and could have meningitis — told the mother to take the child to the emergency room.

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That is bizarre. A fever of 100°F in a two year old is literally nothing. I'd like to think there were other signs of possible meningitis, but the case description doesn't come across that way at all. It honestly sound like the Pediatrician was trying to teach an anti-vaxer a lesson, forcing her the time and expense of an ED visit as punishment. At the point of meningitis, a measles or mumps diagnosis would be pretty straightforward. Otherwise absence of vaccination should not have been a factor in terms of meningitis prevention. The whole story seems incredibly over-the-top. Police with drawn weapons entering a residence with kids? Just awful.