MARIA:  WELCOME BACK.
FACEBOOK TAKING STEPS TO STOP
THE SPREAD OF ANTI-VACCINE
MISINFORMATION ACROSS THE SOCIAL
MEDIA PLATFORM.
THE DECISION COMES AFTER A
SENATE HEARING WHERE AN
18-YEAR-OLD TESTIFIED ABOUT HOW
HE DEFIED HIS MOTHER AND GOT
HIMSELF VACCINATED.
HE JOINED ME YESTERDAY.
HERE'S WHAT HE SAID EARLIER THIS
WEEK.
>> IN MY TESTIMONY I SAID THAT
CHANGE IS TAKING PLACE AND MORE
STEPS COULD BE TAKEN TO MAKE
SURE MISINFORMATION DIDN'T
SPREAD.
THE PLAT FORMS HAVE BEEN USED TO
SPREAD THE MISINFORMATION AND
THAT'S CONCERNING.
MARIA:  JOINING US NOW
DR. JEANETTE NESHUA.
YOUR REACTION TO ALL OF THIS
ABOUT VACCINATIONS?
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
GIRLS OF
>>RLS OF
>> FS OF
>> FIROF
>> FIRST OF ALL, VACCINES SAVE
LIVES.
I COMMEND FACEBOOK AND MARK
ZUCKERBERG FOR TAKING ACTION.
THIS AFFECTS EVERYONE MANY THIS
AFFECTS OUR CHILDREN, IT AFFECTS
ADULTS.
LOOK AT THE MEASLES OUTBREAK,
THE BIGGEST OUTBREAK IN DECADES
WITH MEASLES.
THAT'S NO JOKE.
MEASLES CAN CAUSE BRAIN
INFLAMMATION, PNEUMONIA, HEARING
LOSS AND DEATH.
IT'S ABOUT TIME THEY'RE TAKING
ACTION.
I HOPE OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM WILL FOLLOW SUIT AND DO
THE SAME THING.
DAGEN:  I KNOW THAT PINTEREST
HAS DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR, THAT
FACEBOOK MIGHT BE A LITTLE LATE
TO THE PARTY AND THEY'RE
PROBABLY EMBARRASSED.
AS THEY OFTEN ACT AFTER THEY'RE
EMBARRASSED, AFTER ETHAN WENT IN
FRONT OF CONGRESS AND SAID MY
MOTHER WAS READING THIS ANTI-VAX
PROPAGANDA ON FACEBOOK AND THE
FACEBOOK GROUPS.
WHAT'S THE ROLE IN GOVERNMENT IN
ALL THIS?
I WANT TO POINT TO A STORY IN
THE NEW YORK TIMES, THERE WAS
ONE STUDENT INEXPECTED WITH
MEASLES WHO WENT TO A SCHOOL AND
AT LEAST 21 OTHER PEOPLE CAME
DOWN WITH MEASLES BECAUSE OF
THIS.
THIS IS DESPITE REPEATED
WARNINGS FROM PUBLIC OFFICIALS,
HEALTH OFFICIALS THAT DO NOT
ALLOW A STUDENT IN SCHOOL IF
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN VACCINATED
AGAINST THE MEASLES.
>> I AGREE.
YOU'RE PUTTING UNFAIRLY --
YOU'RE PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE,
OTHER CHILDREN, OTHER TEACHERS
AT RISK.
I THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
HAVE MANDATES WHERE IF YOU'RE
GOING TO GO TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL
OR EVEN A PRIVATE SCHOOL, YOU
NEED TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST
MENINGITIS, HEPATITIS, MEASLES,
THAT CAN SPREAD TO THE REST OF
THE COMMUNITY AND COULD CAUSE
SOME SERIOUS HARM.
IT BEGINS WITH EDUCATION,
PARENTS NEED TO BE EDUCATED,
DOCTORS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
NEED TO EDUCATE PARENTS, THE
CHILDREN.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO
UNDERSTAND, VACCINES -- SOME
PEOPLE THINK IT'S A MONEY MAKER
HOAX.
IT'S NOT.
VACCINES ARE FREE.
YOU CAN GO TO THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT AND GET THEM FOR
FREE.
IT'S A MYTH THAT VACCINES ARE
LINKED TO OTHER DISEASES.
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
MARIA:  IT'S ALL A MYTH YOU SAY.
>> PEOPLE CAN HAVE SIDE EFFECTS,
THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
VACCINES OVERALL, STUDY AFTER
STUDY SHOWS THEY SAVE LIVES.
WE ERADICATED POLIO BUT WE
RECENTLY SAW A POLIO-LIKE
ILLNESS PARALYZING CHILDREN.
WHEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY, THE
ADVANCED MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY
TO SAVE LIVES, AS A DOCTOR I'VE
GOT TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT FOR MY
PATIENTS.
>> AND GET OUR REALITY BACK.
I JUST GOT BACK FROM AFRICA.
I CAN TELL YOU, THAT'S A COUNTRY
OF 15 MILLION PEOPLE WHO WISH
THEY HAD VACCINES AND THE MAMAS
TO GIVE THEIR BABIES.
WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR REALITY
BACK AND REALIZE AGAIN WHERE WE
ARE.
I THINK WE GET COMFORT IN OUR
COMFORT ZONE IN AMERICA AND FEEL
LIKE EVERYTHING IS BAD FOR YOU
AND THERE'S ALWAYS A BIG GOVERNM
AND THERE'S ALWAYS A BIG GOVERNN
AND THERE'S ALWAYS A BIG GOVERNT
PLOY.
DAGEN:  WE WERE ALL SUPPOSED TO
BECOME SMARTER AND BETTER
EDUCATED BECAUSE OF THE
INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET.
AND THIS HAS MADE PEOPLE
DANGEROUSLY DUMB WHERE THEY
GRAVITATE TO WHAT THEY WANT TO
HEAR, WHETHER IN POLITICS OR
INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR HEALTH.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY
CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH
PEOPLE, SOMEBODY ON TWITTER WITH
A BLUE CHECK MARK NEXT TO THEIR
NAME TELLING HE ME
NAME TELLING ME ME
NAME TELLING ME TE
NAME TELLING ME THAT THERE IS A
NERVE PAIN DRUG GAB A APENTON
THAT MY MOTHER'S ON THAT IS
MISPRESCRIBED.
IT'S USED TO TREAT CANCER
PATIENTS YOU DUMB DUMB.
WHY ARE YOU SPREADING THESE
LIES?
>> I'M GLAD YOU'RE BLOCKING AND
BANNING ANTI-VAX INFORMATION.
MARIA:  THE PRICE OF LET CARE, A
NEW ARTICLE, TITLED TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WEIGHS
PUBLICIZING RATES NEGOTIATED
WITH INSURERS.
IT COULD REVEAL THE COST OF CARE
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WHEN YOU PUT OUT THERE THE
AMOUNT OF PREMIUM HOSPITALS AND
OTHERS PUT ON DRUGS IT'S GOING
TO BE BAD FOR THEM.
>> DRUGS AND PROCEDURES.
WHY ARE DRUG PRICES SO HIGH?
WHY IS THERE SUCH A VARIABLE IN
THE COST OF AN APPENDECTOMY AT
ONE HOSPITAL VERSUS ANOTHER?
I'M A LITTLE IFFY ABOUT THIS.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES BUT AT THE SAME
TIME COULD POTENTIALLY LOWER
COPAYS AND DEDUCTIBLES AND MAYBE
CREATE MORE COMPETITION IN THE
MARKET?
MARIA:  SHINE A LIGHT ON IT.
>> THAT'S A POSSIBILITY OF
EXPOSING THESE EXUBERANT DRUG
PRICES AND PROCEDURAL COSTS THAT
MIGHT BENEFIT PATIENTS BUT I
THINK THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS MORE
ON TRANSPARENCY, LISTING UPFRONT
THE PRICES OF DRUGS, THE PRICES
OF PROCEDURES.
IT'S REALLY NOT SO MUCH A
SECRET.
YOU JUST -- PATIENTS DON'T FIND
OUT COSTS UNTIL AFTER THE FACT,
UNTIL THEY GET THE BILL IN THE
MAIL AND THEY SEE THE COST OF
$300, INSURANCE COVERS THIS
MUCH, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR
THIS MUCH.
THEY NEED TRANSPARENCY TO MAKE
THE DECISIONS TO HAVE MORE
OPTIONS TO DECIDE WHERE THEY
