Saturday, August 29, 2015

1.10 Anti-Vaccination

Salzberg, Steven "Anti-Vaccine Movement Causes Worst Measles Epidemic In 20 Years" 2/01/2015 via Forbes
The posted article is from Forbes, discussing a recent measles outbreak originating from Disneyland in California.  In 2014, there were 644 cases of measles, a disease that was eliminated in the United States back in 2000.  The spike is attributed to the anti-vaccination movement, which believes that vaccines have numerous health concerns, including that they cause autism.

This movement concerns me, as an improperly vaccinated population can cause a resurgence of many deadly diseases.

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