Anti-vaccine parents caused California's lethal whooping cough epidemic
California health officials are laying the blame for the state's lethal 2010 outbreak of pertussis -- also known as whooping cough -- squarely at the feet of parents who refused to vaccinate their children as part of a bogus autism scare. According to NBC News, the outbreak, which killed 10 infants and sickened more than 9,000 others, was the worst the state has seen in 60 years.
Oct 01, 2013