Posts Tagged ‘measles’

Governor Christie's Dangerous Double-Talk on Vaccines

February 2, 2015 by Keith Kloor | Filed in science, science communication, vaccinations | 67 comments

The Republican political strategy during the past six years has been simple and consistent: If Obama was for it, we had to be against it. No cooperation meant no bipartisan photo ops. The one guy who bucked that was New Jersey Governor Chris Christie during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, when the Governor praised President Obama for…Continue Reading…

The Disneyland Measles Outbreak Spotlights Vaccine-Averse Behavior And Generates Media Herd Narrative

January 23, 2015 by Keith Kloor | Filed in science, science communication, vaccinations | 149 comments

I suppose you have heard about the recent Disneyland measles outbreak. The story is receiving wide coverage in the media, triggering a fresh wave of angst over the increasing reoccurrence of preventable diseases in the United States–and outrage over the small percentage of parents who do not vaccinate their children. Last year, per the Centers for Disease Control…Continue Reading…