Hold Up. Don’t Be So Quick to Blame the Unvaccinated.
Four things struck me about the Women’s Health article “A 4-Month-Old Just Died From Meningitis After Likely Exposure To An Unvaccinated Person” by Korin Miller. First, that the author would infuse her piece with an unfounded suggestion that the infant (Killy Schultz), who reportedly died of meningitis on June 30, 2018, was infected by an unvaccinated […]
Two Infants in Samoa Die After Getting the MMR Vaccine
Samoan government health officials have issued a recall of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine after two infants, a girl and a boy, died on July 6, 2018 just hours after being given the combination vaccine at Safotu Hospital on the island of Savai’i in Samoa. 1 2 3 4 Testing is underway by […]
Two Infants and a Toddler in India Die Shortly After Vaccinations
Three children ranging from ages two months to three and a half years recently died in India following vaccinations. The first child, two-month-old Sharika Sharma, died on June 10, 2018, the morning after she was administered the second round of vaccinations under the Indian government routine vaccination program at the Community Health Center (CHC) in […]
Zero Tolerance Vaccine Laws in America: Will You Defend Vaccine Freedom? | Barbara Loe Fisher
Every July Americans celebrate the day in 1776 when we declared our independence from a monarchy and began to create a Constitutional Democratic Republic to secure liberty and justice for all. Today, we are witnessing the erosion of core values that our constitutional democracy was founded upon. One example is a public campaign led by […]
Is Recent MMR Vaccine Campaign Linked to Reported Measles Outbreak in Ukraine?
In recent years there has been a shortage of measles vaccines in Ukraine. Vaccination rates had dropped to 31% in 2016 and were the lowest in Europe and, yet, there were hardly any cases of measles. In 2017, sufficient vaccines became available for a ‘catch-up campaign’ and 90% of the children in Ukraine received the MMR. […]
Smallpox-like Disease Spreading in Africa
There is a growing epidemic of monkeypox—a close cousin to smallpox—in Africa during the past two years. More than 1,000 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed among people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 2016, followed by 88 confirmed cases in the Republic of the Congo, over 80 cases in Nigeria, 19 […]