MELISSA BRAUNSTEIN of The Federalist on the Debate between Pro-Vaxxers & Anti-Vaxxers

Listen as Larry spoke with Melissa Braunstein of The Federalist about her latest article, How To Protect Your Infant In A World Of Anti-Vaxxers.

An excerpt of the article can be found below:

Anti-vaxxers represent only about 2 percent of American families, although you’d be forgiven for thinking they’re more numerous. They certainly make a lot of noise and have some world-famous adherents. However, like malaria-carrying mosquitoes, this tiny group that punches above its weight may be on the verge of creating a public health problem for us all.

Peter J. Hotez, a pediatrician at Baylor College of Medicine and director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, recently took to The New York Times to warn that we could see an outbreak of measles, “one of the most contagious and most lethal of all human diseases,” this year. In fact, based on this January article in the Los Angeles Times, it looks like Hotez’s prediction has already begun materializing in California. [Read More]

 

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