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What's the harm in vaccine denial?
Despite their widespread beneficial effects, some people deny that vaccines work, or accuse them of causing various side-effects. Read more about vaccine denial
Here are 2,411 people who were harmed by someone not thinking critically.
Micha Giesbrecht & "Natalie" & 4 othersBad Salzuflen, Germany |
Incurable encephalitis (SSPE), measles |
| The 11 year old son of anti-vaccinationists was brought to the doctor with measles. Several other children 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 McCarronAge: 3 |
Murdered by her mother |
| 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 | |
137 Blackfeet reservation residentsBlackfeet Indian Reservation, Browning, Montana |
Measles |
| One child whose parents claimed a religious exemption from vaccination was the source of a measles outbreak that affected 137 people. Read More | |
6 childrenPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania |
Died (untreated measles) |
| Religion (Faith Tabernacle) Read More | |
9 children + 250 other peopleAge: 3 weeks - 7 years |
9 Dead, 250 Measles cases |
| 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 childrennorthern Nigeria |
Polio |
| 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 | |