The details of a vaccine campaign disaster that occurred last month in a north African country continue to unfold, while headlines of this tragedy are strangely absent from news organizations around the world.
On December 20, 2012, a vaccination tragedy hit. According to one newspaper, out of five hundred children who received a new meningitis vaccine, at least 40 of them have become paralyzed.
Jeffrey Wolf 9News.com 06/23/2010 After Lisa Krizman of Loveland lost her daughter, Sierra, to meningitis in 2007, she started a foundation to bolster awareness of the disease and raise money for vaccination clinics. Now that Fort Collins Adult Hockey Association players Brian Wormus and Nick Smith have died of invasive meningococcal disease, Krizman is fast-tracking…
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Rachel Ellis Daily Mail 06/22/2010 Parents have their children vaccinated in the belief it offers vital protection against serious infections. But now there are concerns that the meningitis C vaccine may not be effective during key times in their child’s life. New research has revealed that within seven years of receiving the jab, three quarters…
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