A global health threat that needn’t be

Opinion

February 5, 2019 - 10:07 AM

Despite pushback from public health organizations, responsible journalists and a growing number of elected leaders, the dangerous and unscientific anti-vaccination movement shows no sign of going away. This is partly why the World Health Organization last month called “vaccine hesitancy” one of the 10 biggest threats to global health, noting the shocking 30 percent increase in measles cases worldwide last year. In 2000, measles was considered to have been eliminated in the United States. But last year, the U.S. had its second-most cases since 2000.

“If ever there was a disease that…

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