Friday, December 23, 2011

Vaccines, preventable disease, and the nature of risk

This is an article I wrote that was published on Kevin Pho's blog:  KevinMD.com


Two nights ago, I was watching, with my family, an old episode of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, in which a young woman is bitten by a rabid wolf, develops rabies, and dies. That same night, I read a post on Facebook decrying the dangers of immunizations, with a link to an online “news” article blaming immunizations for everything from spreading cancer to HIV.

My mother, as a girl, was bitten by a rabid dog. More...
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2 comments:

  1. alecwisnerDecember 24, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    I've been fighting this battle on Facebook, Danielle.

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  2. Danielle Rosenman, M.D.December 25, 2011 at 1:37 AM

    It's very important to continue to educate on this issue, and I appreciate your work in this regard. Fear is the number one factor driving the anti -science way of thinking by reaction rather than reason.

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