that is so sad, but someone is sure to come along and say that more children would be damaged like that from diseases if we stopped vaccinating...
i wonder if the family has received a payout for the vaccine injury? or is the VICP fighting the case?
I love the total absence of specifics on vaccines and childhood illness.
tmosley, which vaccines are currently on the recommended schedule in the U.S?
Which childhood illnesses do they prevent?
and, most important of all,
What are the pre-vaccine incidence and death rates from these...
Lucius wrote:
An example of vaccine marketing: http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/2008/08/07/health-marketing-risk-communication-and-the-media/
They've even got a step-by-step recipe for scaring people about a particular disease. This strategy has worked really well for Gardasil. All sorts...
This site has a lot of good info on vaccines and diseases:
http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/
Here is an article about measles:
http://insidevaccines.com/wordpress/2008/02/02/measles-the-grim-reality/
And another, covering the fascinating story of what doctors thought would happen once they...