Keeping the media honest
A: In 2013, the minimum cost of fully vaccinating a child in the U.S. was $1,723. This compares to $370 in 2000, and just $70 in 1990. The increase stems partly from increased costs associated with individual vaccines and mostly from the many new vaccines now being universally recommended. These are minimum costs because some […]
“My little girl nearly died from the flu: Jab recommended for kids,” read the headline yesterday in a harrowing story about three-year-old Rosie Baxter, who came down with the flu in 2013. The article by Kate Calacoura of news.com.au, Australia’s leading news site, was all melodrama, stressing how deadly the flu can be, reminding readers […]
Travel and lifestyle writer Leah McLennan of the Australian Associated Press was out of her depth in What’s new in 2015 flu vaccine?, a feature that ran on Australia’s leading news site, news.com.au. She should have known better than to accept at face value information offered by official parties in the vaccine debate. McLennan wrote: […]
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