THE COMMUNICATION TO
STOP
--LIE, WHICH COULD INCLUDE
FALSELY
CLAIMING THAT THEY ARE
ATTORNEYS.. OR THAT YOU HAVE
COMMITTED A CRIME.. IF SOMEONE
DOES ANY OF THESE
THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH IS HOPING TO BOOST THE
STATE'S IMMUNIZATION RATES BY
SPENDING 400 THOUSAND
DOLLARS ON ADVERTISEMENTS
PROMOTING THE VALUE OF
VACCINES.
BO
WHILE TENNESSEE TENDS TO HAVE
HIGHER IMMUNIZATION
RATES THAN THE OVERALL NATIONAL
AVERAGE, THE STATE RANKS LOW
ON THE PERCENTAGE OF ADOLESCENTS
WHO HAVE RECEIVED
THEIR RECOMMENDED IMMUNIZATIONS.
YESTERDAY.. TENNESSEE
SENTAOR LAMAR ALEXANDER.. WHO IS
ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE
HEALTH COMMITTEE.. SPOKE
OUT AGAINST ANTI- VAXXERS.
:39 INTERNET FRAUDSTERS WHO
CLAIMTHAT VACCINES ARE NOT SAFE
ARE PREYING ON THE UNFOUNDED
FEARS AND DAILY STRUGGLES OF
PARENTS AND THEYRE CREATING A
PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARD THAT IS
ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE
:49
LAST YEAR, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
ISSUED A BRIEF
STATEMENT SAYING VACCINES "DO
NOT
CAUSE AUTISM" BUT DO "SAVE
LIVES" IN RESPONSE TO A
TENNESSEE
CONGRESSMAN WHO ALLEGED WITHOUT
EVIDENCE VACCINES MAY
CAUSE AUTISM.
