Aa the curtains fall on yet another Republican Presidential Primary debate in the 2012 race, it seems the nation's fascination with the supposed link between autism and vaccination still remains a talking point among people.
While scientists, doctors and their professional associations huddle in defense of vaccination and tout the advantages vaccinating provides, a large chunk of the general population and the media are swarming to the other side.
Living in a place where Polio and Tuberculosis are a rarity (at least in some countries), I wonder how do people reckon we have reached here?
A parent's Cocaine addiction would send all the bells ringing at the Child Protective Services, yet, a parent has the right to reject vaccination on some ill-conceived notion, unsupported by science or logic?
For those who fight the government over the right of an unborn fetus, how does the right of a living breathing child to an healthy future not raise a red flag?
At what point does it become the responsibility of the policy makers to protect the population from its own stupidity?
Kudos to Rick Perry of 2008!
Recommended reading:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-carrey/the-judgment-on-vaccines_b_189777.html
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1888718,00.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-and-david-kirby/vaccine-court-autism-deba_b_169673.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/05/vaccine-autism-study-report_n_805036.html
While scientists, doctors and their professional associations huddle in defense of vaccination and tout the advantages vaccinating provides, a large chunk of the general population and the media are swarming to the other side.
Living in a place where Polio and Tuberculosis are a rarity (at least in some countries), I wonder how do people reckon we have reached here?
A parent's Cocaine addiction would send all the bells ringing at the Child Protective Services, yet, a parent has the right to reject vaccination on some ill-conceived notion, unsupported by science or logic?
For those who fight the government over the right of an unborn fetus, how does the right of a living breathing child to an healthy future not raise a red flag?
At what point does it become the responsibility of the policy makers to protect the population from its own stupidity?
Kudos to Rick Perry of 2008!
Recommended reading:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-carrey/the-judgment-on-vaccines_b_189777.html
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1888718,00.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-and-david-kirby/vaccine-court-autism-deba_b_169673.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/05/vaccine-autism-study-report_n_805036.html
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