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Despite vaccine scare, Vermont should protect public health

    April 22, 2012

Over the last two decades, the number of parents who decline to vaccinate their children has skyrocketed. The movement against vaccinations has been fueled by a fraudulent and long-discredited study purporting to link the shots to autism (the study’s main author has since lost his medical license), and embraced as a trendy part of an all-natural upbringing. The unfortunate consequences are becoming clear in Vermont and California.

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