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Measles Resurgent Due To Fear of Vaccination
florescent_beige writes "In the September Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Gregory Poland, M.D. writes that 'More than 150 cases of measles have been reported in the United States already this year and there have been similar outbreaks in Europe, a sign the disease is making an alarming comeback (abstract). The reappearance of the potentially deadly virus is the result of unfounded fears about a link between the measles shot and autism that have turned some parents against childhood vaccination.'"
This follows the recent release of a massive review of studies into the side effects of vaccination, summarized here by Nature, which did not find convincing support for the idea that MMR shots caused autism.
" drained out social safety nets by refusing to adjust to demographic realities,"
Republican FUD.
"lost two wars to a bunch of rice-eaters"
Bigotry flame bait.
" ruined the economy repeatedly"
the economy isn't ruined.
"shut down useful investment for future generations,"
clearly you are stupid.
" turned their back on our manifest destiny to conquer space"
have more exploration going on in space then ever.
"engendered an society where entertainers are ludicrously compensated"
as opposed to the production companies getting all the money.
" while teachers are vilified for taking crumbs from the mouths of millionaires"
Thanks Tea party. That's the current generation, BTW.
You need to stop your knee jerk response to your base instincts and think.
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