Polio is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by a virus. The 1950s saw a major U.S. outbreak among schoolchildren. It was brought to a halt by a polio vaccine whose inventor, Jonas Salk, spent his later life campaigning for mandatory vaccination. Where does the 2024 GOP presidential nomine[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Vaccinations’
July 28th, 2024 - 6:04 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
How polio could make a comeback (20-second video)
December 14th, 2022 - 1:07 am § in Politics, Republicans
DeSantis unveils his next stunt
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who wants to be president, “now wants to prosecute those who pushed the vaccines,” Huffington Post says. “In Florida, it is against the law to mislead, to misrepresent, particularly when you’re talking about the efficacy of a drug,” DeSantis told a gather[...]
February 6th, 2015 - 11:41 pm § in Uncategorized
Washington’s vaccination rates aren’t all that great
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February 4th, 2015 - 10:04 pm § in Misc.
The Supreme Court responds to the vaccination controversy …
… over a hundred years ago: “The defendant insists that his liberty is invaded when the state subjects him to fine or imprisonment for neglecting or refusing to submit to vaccination; that a compulsory vaccination law is unreasonable, arbitrary, and oppressive, and, therefore, hostile to[...]