Appeal To Evidence: The Vaccine Controversy
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 21:10
in Health & Medicine
CNN covers the vaccine issue in a news article on its website, highlighting a family who nearly lost their child to Hib because they had bought into the doubts, fears, and misinformation out there regarding vaccines. It's an effective story, highlighting the very real dangers, say, from contracting Hib, where one in twenty children who contract it will DIE. According to WHO: "Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) is a bacteria responsible for severe pneumonia, meningitis and other invasive diseases almost exclusively in children aged less than 5 years. It is transmitted through the respiratory tract from infected to susceptible individuals. read more