Thursday, January 15, 2015

Disneyland Measels Outbreak Blamed on Anti-Vaccine Movement

At Truth Revolt.

And at CBS This Morning, from yesterday morning, "Disney measles outbreak highlights anti-vaccine movement."

Also from yesterday's front-page at the Los Angeles Times, "Disneyland, holiday travel a perfect mix for measles' spread":
Quelling the outbreak has taken on special urgency as measles cases have increased dramatically in the last year and as child immunizations have dropped. This decline has come amid fears of some parents that the vaccines can cause autism, a theory that has been discredited by numerous scientific reports.

A "significant number" of the Disneyland patients involved people who were not immunized, said Dr. James Watt, who heads the California Department of Public Health's division of communicable disease control...

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