Dr. Abdirahman D. Mohamed, the chief of staff at Axis Medical Center in Minneapolis, said last month he knew of four unvaccinated Somali children who had died from measles.
This appalling news comes hot on the heels of anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist Andrew Wakefield’s visit to the Somali community in the US to promote his fraudulent anti-MMR ‘studies’. Generation Rescue has also attended to the Somali community in Minneapolis.
Antivaccine groups have noticed. In November, J. B. Handley…wrote an open letter to “Courageous Somali Parents.”
He warned them not to trust the state health department and suggested they slow down their children’s shots and get exemptions to school vaccination requirements. He also offered to pay for some to attend an antivaccine conference.
All these people and groups should now reap the harvest of what they have sown. Death. Preventable death.
Sullivan:
I would want to contact the person who made that statement for clarification. So far, the MDH has stated no deaths:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/measles/
Kev:
Yep, I have an email into the Doctor in question :)
Harold L Doherty:
The Minnesota Dept of Health doesn't confirm the death report:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/measles/
Situation Update (4/27/11)
There have been 23 confirmed cases of measles reported in Minnesota, ranging in age from 4 months to 51 years old.
Infection acquired:
Twenty of the cases have been linked to a case that acquired infection in Kenya (21 total)
One case acquired infection in Florida
One case acquired infection in India
Vaccination status:
Seven of the cases were too young to receive vaccine
Nine were of age but were not vaccinated
One was vaccinated
One was vaccinated prior to the recommended age
Five have unknown vaccine status
There have been fourteen hospitalizations and no deaths.
Kev:
Thats exactly what Sullivan has already said Harold.
Kev:
Update: According to 2 of the Somali kids died in the US and 2 died in 'other countries'.
This appalling news comes hot on the heels of anti-vaxxer conspiracy theorist Andrew Wakefield’s visit to the Somali community in the US to promote his fraudulent anti-MMR ‘studies’. Generation Rescue has also attended to the Somali community in Minneapolis.
All these people and groups should now reap the harvest of what they have sown. Death. Preventable death.
I would want to contact the person who made that statement for clarification. So far, the MDH has stated no deaths: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/measles/
Yep, I have an email into the Doctor in question :)
The Minnesota Dept of Health doesn't confirm the death report: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/measles/ Situation Update (4/27/11) There have been 23 confirmed cases of measles reported in Minnesota, ranging in age from 4 months to 51 years old. Infection acquired: Twenty of the cases have been linked to a case that acquired infection in Kenya (21 total) One case acquired infection in Florida One case acquired infection in India Vaccination status: Seven of the cases were too young to receive vaccine Nine were of age but were not vaccinated One was vaccinated One was vaccinated prior to the recommended age Five have unknown vaccine status There have been fourteen hospitalizations and no deaths.
Thats exactly what Sullivan has already said Harold.
Update: According to 2 of the Somali kids died in the US and 2 died in 'other countries'.
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