{"id":24911,"date":"2011-12-29T15:26:39","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T22:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/29\/vaccinate-your-kids.html"},"modified":"2011-12-29T23:24:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T06:24:32","slug":"vaccinate-your-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/29\/vaccinate-your-kids.html","title":{"rendered":"Vaccinate Your Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Really. For their sake, and for the sake of other kids around them. Including mine. #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Philip Plait<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A couple of vocal, wealthy antivaccination groups have been pushing their misinformation heavily the past few days. These groups are a public health hazard, spouting provably wrong ideas that are leading to an increase in preventable diseases… diseases which kill<\/i>.<\/p>\n

I'll make this very simple: Vaccinations save lives.<\/b><\/p>\n

Incidents of pertussis, measles, and other diseases are increasing, and babies are dying from them. We need to stop antivax groups from infecting people with nonsense. You'll find information and links in my article about this below.<\/p>\n

Please spread the word, and spread the herd immunity. Inoculate yourself against ignorance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStop antivaxxers. Now. | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine<\/a>
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Really. For their sake, and for the sake of other kids around them. Including mine. #ddtb Reshared post from +Philip Plait A couple of vocal, wealthy antivaccination groups have been pushing their misinformation heavily the past few days. 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