Naturopathic PhilosophyNaturopathic medicine (also known as naturopathy) is a school of medical philosophy and practice that seeks to improve health and treat disease chiefly by assisting the body's innate capacity to recover from illness and injury.
This article
"Vaccinations, Natural Immunity and Patient Rights" gives some insight into some of the issues. By providing this article I am not saying I agree with everything in it and I have no intention of defending it.
As I commented in
Message 2, I don't feel the concept of vaccination goes against the naturopathic philosophy.
There are a lot of issues in the vaccination dispute. The information necessary to truly discuss the long term health issues or the fillers and ingredients is beyond the reach of most on this forum, especially me. So there is no point in trying to discuss any point concerning them.
Sometimes the issue is more about choice than anything else. As I've said before, when the government makes something mandatory, the populace expects accountability. Yes, I know you have shown that there is no evidence that there is a causal connection blah blah blah.
You're missing the point.
Informed ConsentIf I am provided with all the pros and cons of a vaccination and decide to allow my child the vaccination, then I can better accept the reactions.
When one is not provided the information before the fact or given an option, then someone else is accountable for problems that may arise.
When something that is mandatory could be at fault, the authorities are very careful when, if, and how they accept responsibility.
There needs to be more transparency. As I've said before the lack of consistent transparency in the medical profession and lack of compensation for errors, along with legal liabilities, and politics can cause people to act irrationally.
That is reality, whether we like it or not.
We don't have the means to see through the politics, whether governmental or business.
So I would agree that the vaccine concept doesn't truly go against the naturopathic philosophy. That doesn't mean there's not room for improvement in how it is applied.