Measles Outbreak Costs Minnesota Millions

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/minnesota-measles-outbreak_us_591224dfe4b05e1ca202a154

"Public health experts and community advocates like Hussein all point to targeted, ongoing efforts by anti-vaccination activists like disgraced British doctor Andrew Wakefield and his disciples, who peddle anti-vaccine conspiracies like the widely discredited notion that vaccines contribute to autism risk."
Because, why not point the finger with misinformation?

"Inexplicably, around 2008, Somali parents began to notice a cluster of autism cases in their community. Two years later, a special University of Minnesota project studying autism prevalence found that local Somali children aged 7 to 9 were identified as having ASD at a rate almost three times higher than the average population.

It was a perfect storm for Wakefield and his acolytes to enter with convincing ― though debunked ― narratives about how the government was lying to parents about vaccine dangers, and measles are only temporary while autism is forever."
A perfect storm or an opportunity to shine some light?

“There’s nothing wrong with them, there’s something wrong with us,”
Oh wait... Maybe they are taking blame?
“A lot of parents felt that when they would go to a doctor or have contact with public health, it felt more like we were lecturing them: ‘Do you you know the science?’” McAlpine said. “In some ways, it was public health’s fault because we weren’t listening.” Okay so you admit shoving untested "science" down our throats was perhaps not a good idea? Well now what?

“And it’s hard to turn it around because there’s such a distrust of the majority opinion because we weren’t paying attention,” McAlpine said. Not paying attention or caught lying?

"A 2014 University of Minnesota study that examined autism rates in children from the Hmong, Latino and Somali communities found that both Somali and white children had autism at higher rates than the overall population’s rate of 1 in 48. For Somali children, the rate was 1 in 32, and for white children, 1 in 36.

"As a result, McAlpine said, the research did little to change the perception among Somali parents that their kids had autism at significantly higher rates than white children."

....While researchers don’t know why this is happening,
(any guesses?) some of the outcomes may correlate to how parents approach an ASD diagnosis." Ohhhh... it's how we approach the diagnosis that is the problem. Okay then.

“Years ago, you could be scientist, you could provide data, you could make a recommendation, and that was enough to convince the public about an issue. (you mean like the genetics of males and female?) That’s no longer the case,” Ehresman said. The public just has a different view of science now, whether it’s climate change or anything. It used to be that science is science ― it’s apolitical.” Maybe this is because we call men like Bill Nye a scientist? Or perhaps it's because we've been given the fabricated "science" of vaccines for so long?

“Just sort of spouting off data doesn’t cut it. It’s about narrative and it’s about telling stories,” ... “to take the fear out of vaccination.” Oh okay... so making up stories is the answer then? Or perhaps you should find a community that had a low percentage MMR vaccine rate and... I don't know... create an outbreak? I guess that's one way to "take the fear out of vaccinations." Way to take the blame!

And the grand finale:

“Not everyone is ignorant,” she said. “Not everyone is refusing to vaccinate their children.” Mic drop? No, no... wait:

prop·a·gan·da
noun
  1. 1.
    derogatory
    information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
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Yes they give us fake science all the time, and then wonder why people are rebelling against them. I'll admit I don't know that much about vaccines per say. But the very concept in theory, could be negated by other measures. More expensive measures. At least by today's definition of expensive. I think we would have to go back in time to erase whatever they have actually done in the name of "science"

Just look at conventional drug testing. It is totally flawed science, and an entire industry is basically fueled by it. You don't need to be an expert to look at urine analysis and say it is ineffective. Same thing with blood and saliva tests. They don't measure intoxication, they detect metabolites. And that doesn't mean that much. And some drugs are metabolized by the body so fast, those tests are reduced to a dog and pony show.
 
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