Science denial & anti-vaxxers is child abuse

Science denial & anti-vaxxers is child abuse

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html In the 9th century, a Persian doctor published one of the first written accounts of measles disease. Francis Home, a Scottish physician, demonstrated in 1757 that measles is caused by an infectious agent in the blood of patients. In 1912, measles became a nationally notifiable disease in the United States, requiring U.S. healthcare providers…

Measles outbreak in Waikato linked to Wakefield paper

A discredited claim that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine causes autism and bowel disease could be the reason for the spread of measles in the latest outbreak, a health official says. The 1998 research paper by former British doctor Andrew Wakefield claimed a link between the vaccine and the appearance of autism and…