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About That Amish Vaccine Exemption Lawsuit in New York

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / October 24, 2019 October 24, 2019 / abuse of medical exemptions, Amish, congenital rubella syndrome, herd immunity, Larry Palevsky, lawsuit, measles outbreaks, pertussis outbreaks, polio outbreaks, religious exemptions, vaccine laws

An Amish family has filed a lawsuit against a new vaccine law in New York that eliminated religious vaccine exemptions. Folks who know that Amish do indeed vaccinate their kids are likely surprised by the lawsuit… About That Amish Vaccine Exemption Lawsuit in New York Wait, what? The Amish vaccinate their kids? While many Amish …

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Are Kids With Religious Exemptions Spreading Disease?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / October 23, 2019 October 29, 2019 / Amish, Andrew Wakefield, chickenpox outbreaks, Christian Science, congenital rubella syndrome, measles outbreaks, non-medical exemptions, polio outbreaks, religious exemptions, Rita Swan, skipping vaccines, spreading disease, unvaccinated, Waldorf schools

Kids with religious exemptions are at higher risk to get sick and spread vaccine-preventable diseases.

What Do We Know About the Rockland County Measles Outbreak?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / February 1, 2019 May 8, 2019 / Amish, complications, Del Bigtree, measles deaths, measles outbreaks, New York, propaganda, religious exemptions, Rockland, Sharyl Attkisson, travel vaccines

Almost all of the people in the ongoing outbreak in Rockland County, which could end up as the longest measles outbreak in a long while, are unvaccinated.

Milestones Towards the Eradication of Polio

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / November 14, 2018 January 19, 2019 / AFM, AFP, Albert Sabin, Amish, Bob Sears, cVDPV, David Salamone, DDT, eradicated diseases, Global Polio Eradication Initiative, iron lung, John Enders, John Salamone, Jonas Salk, March of Dimes, polio, polio myths, polio outbreaks, polio survivor, polio vaccines, post-polio syndrome, provocation polio, Robin Cavendish, VAPP

Because you likely don’t remember much about polio and may have never known anyone who had polio, it is an easy target for propaganda by anti-vaccine folks.

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