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More Vaccine drama

Has anyone read the article on Yahoo, "Pediatricians turn away kids who have aren't vaccinated."  Here is the article, click above link to read the full article: When an investigation proved early this year that  research linking autism and vaccines was fraudulent , it seemed the debate over when or whether to immunize children might quiet down. But new voices have piped up in the vaccine controversy, and this time, they belong to pediatricians. While most parents do choose to vaccinate their children on schedule with their doctors' recommendations, the trend of delaying or opting out of scheduled shots worries many pediatricians. And some   pediatric practices are responding by requiring patients to get immunized on schedule or to find another doctor -- no shots, no service. Why would a pediatric practice show anti-vaccine families to the door? Dr. Scott J. Goldstein of the   Northwestern Children's Practice   in Chicago, where a vaccine policy was im...