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The past and present rebuke antivaccinationists who claim measles is "benign"

oracknows | January 21, 2015

In the wake of antivaccine-pandering pediatrician "Dr. Bob" Sears' attempt to paint the measles as no big deal, so much so that it totally escaped his notice that it might not be a bad idea to recommend that the unvaccinated get the MMR vaccine in the midst of an outbreak, the bad news about the Disneyland measles outbreak just keeps coming in. Hot off the presses yesterday: There are now 67 confirmed cases of measles in an outbreak centered in California, health officials said. The California Department of Public Health said there are now 59 cases in the state – 42 that have been directly…

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