Charlie Sheen tells Denise Richards: Don't stick my kids!

Why do Hollywood types with no scientific training have to spout off about things that they are not qualified to comment on? Current research does not support Sheens uniformed views and only makes things harder for those of us who have to provide rational health care to children. We can count on weeks of ignorant mothers refusing vaccination because some no talent actor thinks they know something. Only the children will suffer.

Pardon me but vaccinations ARE safe.

Stop spreading dangerous myths.

If he's worried about mercury in the vaccines, they do make alternatives to those. But seriously, the risk of problems associated with vaccines as opposed to the risks of a crippling disease such as Polio, Measles, Mumps are relatively small. Get the vaccinations for your kids, Charlie!

On a related note, depending upon the custody arrangement that he and his ex share, I'm not sure he has a right to dictate who she takes the kids to, or of denying her right to get the kids vaccinated. Doing it for a "reality" show, however, may be another story...

The fact is that as with any type of medication it should be our choice as a parent to decide which, if any, vaccinations our children should get. There has been concern about certain vaccines bringing on autism, and some, such as the chicken pox vaccine, are so new we really don't know what harmful side effects they may have. I resent the fact that my right to a choice has been removed from me by our government. If I don't vaccinate my children fully, they are denied their right to an education...such as it is.

While I may like Charlie Sheen as an actor, I would like to say that based on this report, I wouldn't consider Charlie Sheen much of a scientist. And a potentially dangerous parent. People with little or no science education would do better to look at the mass of evidence and draw a conclusion, rather than starting with a scary conclusion and cherry-picking the evidence to support it. The damage children can suffer from the various formerly rampant childhood diseases like polio and whooping cough FAR outweigh the imagined dangers of vaccination. This irrational fear of vaccinations is like driving across country because you are afraid to fly--in the 3500 miles you drive, you stand a HUGELY great chance of dying than in the five-hour flight. This commonly held bias overestimates the chances of a problem with a vaccine because the outcome seems so awful. But the outcome of a child getting the flu or rubella seems less awful, so the chances of that don't seem to outweigh the much smaller chances of injury from the vaccine. However, each child not vaccinated can spread their diseases to other more vulnerable people like newborns and pregnant women. Not getting your children vaccinated threatens your children, and it threatens society, because as the number of unvaccinated children rises, diseases we haven't seen in years will start to reappear, and children will start dying and suffering disabilities far more devastating than the occasional effects POSSIBLY caused by vaccines.

The letter sounds like there are more issues with this doctor other than just the vaccinations. I will say that Denise Richards was wise to do this show...It shows her as a real person...a very interesting one at that. People find themselves in situations...hers just became public knowledge. She was just living her life and maybe didn't choose the best match...who has every time...or anytime for that matter. I like this girl and have gone through her issues myself privately and it was hell. Her two children, like mine, are her top priority as well as homelife and that is obvious. The show is a hit...it is very watchable and she is very interesting. I admire her....Charlie is just a royal pain in her *** and needs to remember the kids and stop the nit picking and focus on visitation and making peace. He is likely a sociopath who knows not the consequences of his actions and in that case she has years of hell ahead of her. I know, I am two years out front of her and have heard it all before. She should just be happy he hasn't made a career out of bankrupting her as my ex has succeeded in doing. We are on our last leg and praying for a miracle...and just millionaires four years ago! Hoping for a gift from God here in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Lynn Mia and Madison. Good for you, Denise!!!

No wonder dangerous diseases that were formerly eradicated are making a comeback. Stop making kooks like this sound sensible!

I would agree with Robert in that celebrities in holly wood, almost universally have no training what so ever in the fields of biochemistry, physiology, immunology, or clinical medicine. With that said, there opinion on this particular subject does not matter.

One only needs to look at the CDC website, or the WHO website to rapidly see that all of the available scientific data supports no link between vaccines and autism. Also the mercury containing preservative Thiomersal, that was believed to be linked to autism, has been removed from most vaccines used world wide as of 2001.

Lastly this controversy in the public eye is diverting research efforts as to the actual cause of autism.

At the end of the day, one should remember that polio, mumps, measles, and rubella, just to name a few can have severe effects on children. Failing to vaccinate can be tantamount to abuse.

I just can't believe that he seperated with such a pretty woman. Why can' millionaire celebrities ever get along, especially when they have children together?

This was a private matter not a public rant about immunization on Sheen's part.

This isn't something that should've been made public by the media but since it has, I say that this is between Sheen and Richards to work out. Parents should have the right to make health decisions for their children without everyone else chiming in with their opinions.