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Famous people What's the harm in vaccine denial?
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Despite their widespread beneficial effects, some people deny that vaccines work, or accuse them of
FAQ causing various side-effects. Read more about vaccine denial
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Store Micha Giesbrecht & "Natalie" & 4 Incurable encephalitis (SSPE),
others measles
New cases (RSS) 1999
Bad Salzuflen, Germany
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The 11 year old son of anti-vaccinationists was brought to the doctor with measles. Several other children
Search in the waiting room were infected with measles via this exposure. Two developed SSPE, a chronic
progressive encephalitis that is often fatal. Read more & more
Katie McCarron Murdered by her mother
May 13, 2006
Age: 3
Morton, Illinois
For more on this topic: Influenced by those who believe childhood vaccines might cause autism, Katie's mother felt extreme guilt
over vaccinating the autistic child. This led to a depression, and the death of the child at her mother's
hands. Read more & more
Daniel Rae Pertussis (whooping cough)
2004
Age: 7
Santa Barbara, California
He was vaccinated against pertussis, but vaccines are never 100% effective. He caught the disease from
Vaccines: What an unvaccinated playmate. "He was as sick as any child I've ever seen," his mother said, and he had to
You Should... take drugs for four years to recover. Read more & more
1,600 British children Measles
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England, UK
In just 2006 and 2007 there were 2,000 cases of measles in the UK. That's more than the previous decade,
a surplus of roughly 1,600 cases. The increase is blamed on parents reluctant to vaccinate their children.
Read more & more
131 people Measles, 15 hospitalized
2008
United States
Measles cases reached their worst levels in over a decade in the U.S. in 2008, with 131 cases including 15
serious enough to be hospitalized just in the first half of the year. 90% of these people were not vaccinated
against the disease. Read more & more
137 Blackfeet reservation residents Measles
1985
Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Browning, Montana
One child whose parents claimed a religious exemption from vaccination was the source of a measles
outbreak that affected 137 people. Read more
190 Canadian children Mumps
February - August, 2008
Agassiz, Kent, BC, Canada
A religious community with a low rate of vaccinations was the source of a mumps outbreak. 116
Confirmed and 74 suspected cases occurred in a region that normally has 10. Mumps is easily preventable
via vaccine. Read more
5 Minnesota infants One death, four ill
January 2009
Age: Infants
Minnesota
The largest outbreak of Hib meningitis in this state since 1992 has occurred among several infants who
were unvaccinated due to parental refusal. One infant died, several others were injured. Read more
6 children Died (untreated measles)
1991
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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65 children Pertussis (whooping cough)
May - July 2008
South Whidbey, Washington
Because of parental resistance to vaccinations in this area, an outbreak of pertussis (whooping cough) has
occurred. This has caused cancellations of events such as the local Little League All Star tournament to
contain the outbreak. Read more & more
9 children + 250 other people 9 Dead, 250 Measles cases
2002 - 2007
Age: 3 weeks - 7 years
Jerusalem, Israel
Refusal to vaccinate children has been growing in Israel, resulting in many preventable deaths from
illnesses such as whooping cough and measles. In 2007 an ultra-orthodox community in Jerusalem had
250 cases of measles. Read more
thousands of children Polio
February 26, 2004
northern Nigeria
Muslim clerics have spread the conspiracy theory that the polio vaccine is a western plot to sterilize or
murder Africans. This has result in a boycott in some areas of Nigeria. This is just as the WHO was on the
verge of wiping out polio entirely. Read more & more
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