The St. Petersburg (FL) Times reports that so far this year in Florida that this year more cases of measles “have been reported” than in the last 14 years. Why? Parents choosing to not vaccinate their kids … harming both their kids and the kids of others.
Of no surprise to readers of this blog, all but one case involved “an unvaccinated child one to 16 years old.”
Most of the children’s parents had exempted them from state-required vaccinations by citing religious objections to vaccines. However, “medical experts say they think the real issue often is not religion, but unfounded fears of a connection between vaccines and autism.”
Here are some of my blogs on vaccinations over the last year:

• Pediatric society rejects ‘personal belief’ exemption for vaccination of kids
• Measles, other childhood diseases reemerging as parents refuse vaccines
• CDC: US experiencing largest measles outbreak in 15 years
• Alternative Medicine and Children – Part 6 – Vaccination and Alternative Medicine
• Unbelievable: Nearly half of Americans still suspect disproven vaccine-autism link
• Public health officials urged to hold national discussion on vaccine risks, benefits
• Investigator Planned to Make Vast Profit From Autism/MMR Vaccine Scare
• New Practice Guideline Takes Aim at Pain of Childhood Immunizations
• Autism and Childhood Vaccinations: The Myth is Finally Debunked
• More Evidence That Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism
• U.K. bans doctor who linked autism to MMR vaccine
• Whooping Cough Epidemic Hits California: Six Babies Die
• Low immunization rates linked to epidemic spread of whooping cough
• Delaying childhood vaccinations offer no benefit to children, and may be harmful
• Several vaccines at once absolutely OK for kids’ brains: Study
• Unvaccinated Children at Center of Measles Outbreak