Only if the kid
1. came down with it.
2. it caused enough problems a lawyer thought he could make some cash money off it.
We all know the system doesn't do a good job of actually weeding out the scumbags, MD's and DO's included.
Edit: what are you saying? No chiros actually preach the anti-vaccine line? This is from the first page of a google search. The last one seems to be from an actual chiro questioning if we should all follow what we are told to do.
My question to you: Why are vaccines in the realm of chiros at all?!? No chiro should ever be advising a patient about anything immunology related, doing so is pure quackery and ignorance of science.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/105/4/e43.full
http://www.chirobase.org/06DD/chiroimmu.html
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1069538,00.html
http://www.chiro.org/LINKS/ABSTRACTS/Issues_in_Chiropractic_Pediatrics.shtml
I'm saying that there are those in the chiro profession who do preach this, but they aren't the majority, not anymore. That's why I suggested the "scumbag chiropractor" (not my words) should be differentiated from the "non-scumbag chiropractor" instead of lumping all DCs together.
I'm not entirely sure, but perhaps chiros got involved in vaccines long ago when there was a much greater emphasis on all things non-medical. In other words, back in the day, if MDs were saying 'white', DCs should be saying 'black'. MDs said to vaccinate, DCs said not to. I think it stems from the notion of vitalism, let the body heal itself and develop its own immunity. Today, contemporary chiro education is not anti-medical, plain and simple, and the views of most DCs reflect this when it comes to vaccines.
When it comes to vaccines and autism, I think the various government agencies blew it long ago when it came to addressing the issue up front. They handled it badly and allowed doubt, skepticism and conspiracy theories to dominate the conversation.
And, just as an FYI, various government agencies are today investigating the possibility that there is a small subset of kids who are particularly susceptible to adverse vaccine reactions.
Vaccines do enjoy a special untouchable status in healthcare; to suggest that there may be even some small-scale problems with vaccines is to touch the 3rd rail.
Regarding flu vaccine, there are experts much better informed than I who feel that the flu vaccine data isn't as strong as one would think given the size, cost and emphasis on our flu vaccine campaign. (Again, this has been rehashed in the past on SDN).