I mean, you don't even need to go back to the 1800s to find children dying of pertussis. It's not entire towns, but it's still going on... mostly infants too young to be inoculated. Best part? The parents of one baby who died of pertussis speak out pro-vaccinations and get slammed CONSTANTLY, including death threats and being accused of making it up, because of it.
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Date: 2010-11-08 12:12 am (UTC)