# Paediatric Doctor Slams Anti-Vaxxers In Video

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/news-opinion/general/paediatric-doctor-slams-anti-vaxxers-in-video/
- Published: 2016-09-22T08:00:21+10:00
- Author: Clare Whitfield

## _A paediatric�doctor�has shared a video giving her blunt and honest thoughts about anti-vaxxers._

Paediatric doctor [Nelu Simonsz](http://drnelu.com/), from Melbourne, posted the
video to [Vimeo ](https://vimeo.com/163786290)to share her opinion about anti-vaxxers,
calling these parents�the single most frustrating part of her job.�”Every day in
my work as a paediatric doctor there is one thing that really, really pisses me 
off.�It’s parents who don’t immunise,” she says, adding�that her dog is more protected
in a kennel than her child is at school.

> “[Whooping cough](http://www.kidspot.com.au/health/infections-and-diseases/bacterial-and-viral/whooping-cough-and-how-it-kills),
> the [measles](http://www.kidspot.com.au/health/infections-and-diseases/bacterial-and-viral/measles-and-immunisation-the-facts),
> rubella. They’re starting to come back and unfortunately these are the sort of
> things that kill children and it’s because of people who don’t vaccinate.�I really
> don’t understand why we’re not getting the message out there,” she said.

[Dr Nelu](https://www.facebook.com/drnelu/)�said she has heard many�excuses from
parents about why they don’t vaccinate their children including that “there are 
lots of chemicals” in vaccines, and that some claim immunisation causes autism. 
She says “this�makes no�sense.”

> “Isn’t that the same as every single other medication? Painkillers, the pill? 
> Blood pressure medication is proven to save thousands of lives, why are vaccines
> any different.
> “They are made with chemicals yes, they are also made with things that we know
> have saved lives. Millions and millions of lives around the world,” she said.

A paper published in 1998 suggesting a link between vaccines and the appearance 
of autism has been discredited, with [no evidence backing it up](http://www.kidspot.com.au/health/baby-health/immunisation/mmr-vaccine-and-autism).
�”Very quickly it was taken down because it was found to be false.�Unfortunately,
the damage has been done and word has spread that there’s a link between autism 
and immunisations. I’m here to tell you, yet again, that this is not true.�The whole
autism-immunisation link, it’s false,” she said.

Dr Nelu said that choosing not to immunise affects everyone and that all must come
together to speak louder than the anti-vaxxers.�”You choose to not immunise your
child, the second they step out into the public they are then putting other children
at risk…If we can all bind together and work together for the greater common good
than we can see some these common diseases wiped out,” she said.

Source:�[Kidspot.com.au](http://www.kidspot.com.au/health/baby-health/immunisation/paediatric-doctor-posts-video-slamming-parents-who-dont-immunise-children)

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