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A pox on anti-vaxxers after Samoa’s sorrow

11 December 2019

2:00 PM

11 December 2019

2:00 PM

The death of more than 60 Samoans from their country’s latest measles outbreak shows what can happen when anti-vaxxers triumph. 

In response, Samoan authorities have arrested one anti-vaccination activist who continued to peddle and meddle in ridiculous unfounded fears. 

Australian parents who have watched the children suffer and sometimes even die from diseases like measles or whooping cough might wish the same fate could befall anti-vaccination advocates here too. 

However, we don’t need draconian laws.

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