When pseudo-science kills: the human cost of vaccine denial

The COVID-19 pandemic not only left a trail of victims and health crises, but also that we’re now reaping in the form of outbreaks of preventable diseases. Measles, eradicated in the United States in 2000, has made a strong comeback, .

So far this year, , with , where have been reported that have resulted in the needless deaths of unvaccinated children. More worrying is that is not an isolated phenomenon: cases .

The main cause of is the decline in vaccination rates, driven by such as , Donald Trump’s implausible choice for Secretary of Health and Human Services, who have spread , that include unsubstantiated claims about their composition and supposed .

This has eroded confidence in vaccines, leading to . In some communities, rates have fallen below the 95% threshold needed to maintain , which has …