REFUSE TO GET VACCINATIONS IS
GROWING.
AS A RESULT, THE COUNTRY IS
EXPERIENCING ONE OF THE WORST
MEASLES
OUTBREAKS IN DECADES.
WE WANTED TO KNOW WHY PEOPLE
CHOSE NOT TO VACCINATE - SO WE
PUT OUT A CALL ON FACEBOOK.
IT RECEIVED MORE THAN 2 THOUSAND
RESPONSES...
WITH STRONG OPINIONS ON BOTH
SIDES.
WANE 15'S ANGELICA ROBINSON
TALKED WITH SOME SELF PROCLAIMED
"ANTI
VAXXERS."
SHE JOINS US WITH THIS PREVIEW
OF HER 15 FINDS OUT
INVESTIGATION.
THE MEASLES WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE
BEEN ELIMINATED TWO DECADES AGO
-
BUT NOW IT'S MAKING A COME BACK.
SO FAR THIS YEAR C-D-C HAS
REPORTED MORE THAN 700 CASES OF
MEASLES.
AND JUST THIS WEEK, THE "INDIANA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH" ISSUED A
NEW ORDER THAT ALLOWS HOOSIERS
TO
GET A MEASLES VACCINE WITHOUT A
PRESCRIPTION.
STILL PEOPLE ARE REFUSING TO
VACCINATE.....
AND THEY SAY IT'S FOR A
GOOD REASON.
MANY "ANTI-VAXXERS" BELIEVE THE
VACCINES COME WITH SERIOUS
HEALTH RISKS,
INCLUDING INJURY OR DEATH.
THEY BELIEVE THE FDA, CDC AND
DRUG
COMPANIES ARE OVERLOOKING THE
POTENTIAL HARM CAUSED BY
VACCINES.
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY
GOING UNVACCINATED PUTS EVERYONE
AT RISK,
INCLUDING BABIES TOO YOUNG FOR
VACCINATIONS AND THOSE WITH
COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS.
ONE WOMAN I SPOKE WITH BELIEVES
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO
SCARE PEOPLE INTO GETTING
IMMUNIZATION
SHOTS.
ANOTHER WOMAN SAYS FALSE
INFORMATION SPREAD ON THE
INTERNET IS SCARING PEOPLE OUT
OF GETTING THEM.
((REBECCA MEKUS "I DON'T THINK
IT HAS MUCH TO DO WITH THE
HEALTH RISKS
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY
UNVACCINATED PEOPLE AND ADULTS
AREN'T UP TO DATE ON VACCINES.
MOST OF US ANYWAY AREN'T.
I DON'T
KNOW I JUST THINK IT'S THE MONEY
BEHIND IT.
THEY'RE JUST PUSHING IT TO
SCARE PEOPLE TO GET THEM." //
ASHLEY WILSON "IF YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU
NEED TO HAVE AN OPPOSING OPINON,
MAKE SURE IT'S FACT BASED NOT
OPINION
BASED.
ACTUAL FACT BASED INFORMATION
OTHAT YOU'RE FINDING BECAUSE A
LOT OF IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S FACT
BASED BUT IT'S REALLY JUST
OPINIONS AND
FEAR MONGERING...))
COMING UP TONIGHT AT 5 AND 6
ALLEN COUNTY HEALTH COMMISSIONER
DR.
DEB MCMAHN WEIGHS IN ON THE
DEBATE.
THEN AT 11, HEAR FROM A LOCAL
NURSE WHO SAYS THERE'S A GROWING
GROUP OF
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT VACCINE
SAFETY.
ANGELICA ROBINSON WANE 15
NEWS.
