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Board-Certified Pediatrician specializing in Parenting and Holistic Health. Dad. Author. Columnist. No medical advice given

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@DrJoelGator
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Not pro. Not anti. Just the facts. My new book “Between a Shot and a Hard Place” tackles the toughest vaccine questions—with balance, data, and clarity. Because parents don’t need pressure. They need truth
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🍏 🍎 The new U.S. Dietary Guidelines are about to be released—and this time, they’ll be just 4–6 pages long. The last edition? Over 400 pages. Is this the long-overdue shift toward simple, straightforward messaging around food we need?. What do you hope the new guidelines will.
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RT @calleymeans: American children should not be obese. American children should not be diabetic. But today, America has the most obese….
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📢 Major shake-up in vaccine policy 🚨‼️: .The U.S. government has informed several leading medical organizations that their experts will no longer be participating in the Immunization Practices (ACIP) workgroups. The American Medical Association, the American Academy of.
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Kindergarten Vaccination Rates Hit All-Time Low!. If your instinct is to mandate harder, restrict further, or shame more—you’re part of the problem. Medical decisions should be made with informed consent, not social coercion or political threat. But maybe, just maybe, this data.
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Breaking🚨: Vaccination rates among kindergarteners have fallen—while exemptions have hit an all-time high. The bigger question is: Why?. Instead of blaming parents, maybe it’s time to examine the system—trust, transparency, liability, and safety—all of it. If confidence is.
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BREAKING 🚨:. The President is signing an executive order to bring back the Presidential Fitness Test for schoolchildren and reestablish the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. The original test included running, sit-ups, push-ups or pull-ups, and the.
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Vaccine Injury Compensation Reform: . Your personal stance on vaccines—whether you fully support them, question them, or believe they’ve caused more harm than good—shouldn’t matter in this conversation. This isn’t about ideology. It’s about basic human decency. When a.
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Between a Shot and Hard Place is officially a Substack Bestseller!.Subscribe here:
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Why does improving the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) undermine confidence in vaccines?. Shouldn’t we want the most functional, fair, and transparent system—especially when it comes to protecting kids?. We update every other system in medicine to reflect new science.
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Yes, vaccine exemptions have been rising—now over 3% nationally. So the AAP wants to ban religious and personal belief exemptions nationwide?. Instead, maybe ask: why are more parents concerned, without falsely blaming it on one person?. Mandates don’t build trust. Censorship.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is now pushing to eliminate all religious and personal belief vaccine exemptions. This isn’t how you rebuild trust. Force may drive compliance—for a moment. But just like with COVID mandates, it will lead to massive long-term backlash.
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BREAKING 🚨: The American Academy of Pediatrics just called for a nationwide ban on religious and personal belief vaccine exemptions. Only about 3% of kids have exemptions—most families already choose to vaccinate. So why the push to eliminate choice?. This isn’t just about.
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