Recently
starlet Amanda Peet infamously stated in Cookie Magazine that "parents
who don't vaccinate their children are parasites.".
On Cookie.com
she responded (and kinda apologized), in due part from the avalanche of
criticism she received from her comments, that I still believe that
the decision not to vaccinate our children bodes for a dangerous
future. Vast reductions in immunization will lead to a resurgence of
deadly viruses. This is as indisputable as global warming. I know a lot
of parents who secretly use as a justification. "Well, enough other
people are vaccinating, so therefore, we don't have to." She continues
to write that It's so hard to appreciate vaccines now that so few
children are dying from preventable diseases today, but that could all
change if we're not vigilant. There are currently multiple measles
outbreaks in the United States. Hopefully children do not have to die
before people start to realize the cost of withholding vaccines.
Well, it looks like Amanda Peet had a point. New studies have found that...
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