Posted on 12/01/2014 6:07:31 AM PST by Heartlander
An epidemic of whooping cough has broken out in California. Not long ago, this ancient scourge had been banished by modern medicine. But now its back, thanks to people who believe modern medicine is dangerous.
These folks are not ignorant backwoods hicks. Many of them have advanced degrees. They live in some of the nicest neighbourhoods on Earth places like Marin County, Napa and Malibu. But they believe that vaccines cause autism or worse. Immunization rates in some of the more fashionable California schools resemble those in the more backward parts of Africa. At the Valley Waldorf City School in Lake Balboa, for example, 88 per cent of students dont have the standard vaccinations.
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