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Hedda Get Bedda Doll and Other Measles Stories

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / April 7, 2020 / chicken pox, Hedda Get Bedda Doll, History of Vaccines, measles, Vaccine Misinformation, Vaccine Preventable Diseases

The Hedda Get Bedda doll is sometimes used to push the myth that vaccine-preventable diseases, like measles and chicken pox, aren’t that serious, helping folks justify their decisions to skip or delay vaccines and leaving their kids unprotected.

Can Vaccines Cause Herpes Infections?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / November 20, 2019 / chicken pox, cold sores, contaminated vaccines, contraindications, eczema, eczema vaccinatum, herpes, HSV1, neonatal herpes, shingles, vaccine injury stories, VAERS

Why would anyone think that vaccines could cause an infant’s herpes infection?

Making Sense of Anti-Vaccine Arguments

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / June 5, 2019 / anti-vaccine talking points, arguments, bias, cellulitis, chicken pox, chicken pox deaths, chicken pox myths, cognitive dissonance, deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases, Dutch, group A strep, necrotizing fasciitis, Netherlands, pre-vaccine era, sepsis, vaccine injury, vaccine injury stories

Overcoming cognitive dissonance explains a lot of anti-vaccine arguments.

What’s the Worst That Can Happen If You Lie About Vaccinating Your Child?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / May 6, 2019 / chicken pox, chicken pox outbreaks, disagree, divorce, forging, measles outbreaks, morality, morals, neglect, regret

What’s the harm in lying about your child’s vaccine status?

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