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An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All
wired.com - 27 days ago
An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All
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To hear his enemies talk, you might think Paul Offit is the most hated man in America. A pediatrician in Philadelphia, he is the coinventor of a rotavirus vaccine that could save tens of thousands of lives every year. Yet environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. slams Offit as a ...
digg.com - 10/20/2009
How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All [Digg]
— digg.com — This isn’t a religious dispute, like the debate over creationism and intelligent design. It’s a challenge to traditional science that crosses party, class, and religious lines. It is partly a reaction to Big Pharma’s blunders and PR missteps, from Vioxx to illegal marketing ploys, which have ... (more) How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All [Digg]
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