Thursday, May 9, 2019

AS MEASLES CASES CLIMB, OUR MISSION IS CLEAR: TAKE DOWN THE THREE-HEADED ANTI-VAX MONSTER | OPINION

https://www.newsweek.com/measles-anti-vaccination-anti-vaxxers-misinformation-monster-1420977

Finally, there is a new and scary element to the anti-vaccine movement in which some of its national leaders or organizations appear to have targeted specific ethnic groups to flood them with misinformation through pamphlets, teleconferences and hotlines.  This development may explain the recent measles outbreak in New York among the Orthodox Jewish community, resulting in many hospitalizations and sending at least six patients to intensive care.
Taking down the triple-headed American antivax monster will be a formidable task. To begin, I’ve written a book, Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel’s Autism, to counter the misinformation. Unfortunately, even with measles returning, as a nation we’ve not shown much appetite for standing up to the antivaccine movement or its leadership. The media empire is still mostly intact and the PACs are as active as ever.




1 comment:

  1. Sorry. Do we reaslly believe all medicine, all medical treatments, and I speak of efficacious medicine and treatments, work the same on all people?

    This is the same fallacy as the anti-racists who deny differences between races.

    The question then is not whether vaccines work or not. The question is which is better once a disease has been virtually eradicated. To keep vaccinating or not to?

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