Goes to show what happens when a critical decision-making process is transferred from knowledgeable people to willfully ignorant people - from CNN:
Some states allow parents to get out of vaccinations. Then this happens
Two states experiencing a measles outbreak, Washington and Oregon, allow parents to opt out of vaccines simply because they want to.
And while they hate to say "I told you so," pediatricians, well, told them so.
"I've been saying now for the last couple of years [that] it's only a matter of time before we see a horrific measles outbreak in the Pacific Northwest," said Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development.
And the measles outbreak?
On Friday, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency after 35 confirmed cases of measles and 11 suspected cases in his state. Since then, there's been another confirmed case in Washington, and one case in Oregon.
In 2016, the American Academy of Pediatrics took a stance that personal and religious exemptions should end.
"It's really a no-brainer," said Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, chair of the academy's Committee on Infectious Diseases.
Pure child abuse plain and simple.
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