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Bill Gates lays it on the line about vaccines

Bill Gates' antivaxxers comments highlight the dangers of misinformation leading to low vaccination rates and children's deaths.

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Geez, a ton of vaccination related news came in the past few days: 1) The big story folks are talking about is Bill Gates' very outspoken comments on the antivaxxers and Andrew Wakefield:

Dr. Wakefield has been shown to have used absolutely fraudulent data. He had a financial interest in some lawsuits, he created a fake paper, the journal allowed it to run. All the other studies were done, showed no connection whatsoever again and again and again. So it's an absolute lie that has killed thousands of kids. Because the mothers who heard that lie, many of them didn't have their kids take either pertussis or measles vaccine, and their children are dead today. And so the people who go and engage in those anti-vaccine efforts -- you know, they, they kill children. It's a very sad thing, because these vaccines are important.

This is a very delicate situation, ...

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