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Pseudoscience and Measles in Minnesota
This post is a part of our Bioethics in the News series By Hannah C. Giunta, DO, PhD, MPH A recent measles outbreak in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN metro area is all over the news. More than thirty children have … Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics in the News, Uncategorized
Tagged bioethics, Hannah Giunta, health disparities, measles, medical ethics, Minnesota, pediatrics, public health, vaccination, vaccines
Vaccination, Free Riders, and Family Autonomy
Herd immunity is crucial to those who cannot undergo vaccination for medical reasons, and for whom vaccines are ineffective. Yet it is imperiled particularly in California, where the rate of “philosophical” (i.e., personal belief-based) vaccine exemptions has more than tripled since 2000, and which is, not incidentally, the site of the recent Disneyland measles outbreak. Continue reading
Posted in Bioethics in the News
Tagged family autonomy, measles, philosophy, public health, vaccination, vaccines
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