Reader: Jenny McCarthy’s Vaccines-Cause-Autism Scare Led to Measles Outbreak

Our post revealing that Colorado is dead last among states when it comes to the number of kindergartners getting inoculated against measles rapidly turned into a platform for debate about falling vaccination rates. This reader thinks she knows who to blame. See also: Measles Outbreak: Vaccination Rates Across the U.S...
By Michael RobertsFebruary 5, 2015
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Our post revealing that Colorado is dead last among states when it comes to the number of kindergartners getting inoculated against measles rapidly turned into a platform for debate about falling vaccination rates. This reader thinks she knows who to blame.

See also: Measles Outbreak: Vaccination Rates Across the U.S. — and Colorado’s Terrible Performance

Teri Daly writes:

You can blame it on measles mouth Jenny Mccarthy, She spread the whole vaccines-cause-autism scare and started the recent anti vacc movement and she is a right wing Republican nut job.

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

michaelrobertscolo@gmail.com

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