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'It will take off like a wildfire': The unique dangers of the Washington state measles outbreak
[...] "You know what keeps me up at night?" said Clark County Public Health Director Alan Melnick. "Measles is exquisitely contagious. If you have an under-vaccinated population, and you introduce a measles case into that population, it will take off like a wildfire."
[...] Anti-vaccination activists, for their part, contend that state officials are twisting facts to stoke public fear.
"It shouldn't be called an outbreak," Seattle-area mother Bernadette Pajer, a co-founder of the state's main anti-vaccine group, Informed Choice Washington, said of the measles cases, arguing that the illness has spread only within a small, self-contained group. "I would refer to it as an in-break, within a community."
[...] Clements eventually changed her mind, deciding to give her kids the shots after a doctor at a vaccine workshop answered her questions for more than two hours, at one point drawing diagrams on a whiteboard to explain cell interaction. He was thoughtful, factual and also "still very warm," she said.
[...] In Washington, state lawmakers supporting tougher vaccine requirements are mounting their second effort in the past three years to make it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinations.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by krishnoid on Friday February 08 2019, @07:09PM (1 child)
First the anti-vaxxers, then the climate change problems. Damn Californians.
I wonder if he recorded it. Maybe they should record those for when the explanations work -- seems like it would make for a good story, and good instruction for how other doctors can improve their bedside manner when trying to make the case.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by HiThere on Friday February 08 2019, @11:31PM
It was reported (in the summary to take more than two hours. Ask your insurance company how much time they'll pay for. He *must* have been doing it pro bono.
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