Secular Café: Lack of Vaccination Sends Babies In Oregon To the Hospital

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Lack of Vaccination Sends Babies In Oregon To the Hospital May 12th 2012, 17:14 http://science.slashdot.org/story/12...dsrc=popbyskid Every time I see things like this, I want to see Andrew Wakefield jailed for even longer... Quote: "In its fortnightly Communicable Disease newsletter (PDF), Oregon Public Health officials note increasing cases of pertussis (whooping cough) in infants, with 146 hospitalizations noted in the 2 year period ending March 2011, and at least 4 deaths since 2003. Most cases are attributed to lack of vaccination, with 86% of those due to parents declining the vaccine. 'Most of our cases are occurring in under- or unvaccinated children, so getting these kids vaccinated seems to the most obvious approach to reducing illness. In principle... pertussis could be eradicated; but we have a long way to go.'"

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