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Refusing Flu Shots? Maybe You're A 'Denialist' : NPR

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Refusing Flu Shots? Maybe You're A 'Denialist' : NPR
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At the Ocean Charter School near Marina del Rey, Calif., 40 percent of the 2008 kindergarten class received vaccination exemptions. Author Michael Specter says the parents in this upscale enclave are prime examples of what he calls "denialism."
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    • Marcello Cividini Marcello Cividini
      8 weeks ago


      Try to find yhe real owner of tamiflu ...
      Ethics, Questions of

      • Geoffrey Ames Geoffrey Ames
        8 weeks ago


        I believe Mr. Specter refers to vaccines in general. My question to him would be more about the unintended consequences of scientific tampering at the genetic level, but certainly the economic consequences (i.e, the profits of drug companies) must also be considered. There are also ethical ramifications to the near epidemics of diseases like measles that result when parents refuse to have their children vaccinated because of beliefs that are not founded on empirical evidence.
        Ethics, Questions of
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