This measles thing is no joke—just
ask the CDC.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Tom Frieden on Sunday warned that the U.S. could see a "large outbreak" of measles.
"We are very concerned by the growing number of people who are susceptible to measles, and the possibility that we could have a large outbreak in this country as a result," Frieden said on CBS's "Face the Nation."
Meanwhile, this guy
continues to practice medicine.
"We should be getting measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, these are the rights of our children to get it," said Dr. Jack Wolfson of Wolfson Integrative Cardiology in Paradise Valley.
Wolfson does not believe in vaccination. "We do not need to inject chemicals into ourselves and into our children in order to boost our immune system," he said.
When Wolfson was asked about cases where children can't get vaccinated, like 3-year-old leukemia patient Maggie Jacks, he responded, "As far as I'm concerned, it's very likely that her leukemia is from vaccinations in the first place." He then blamed the Jacks family for exposing their daughter to measles by bringing her into
a medical clinic.
"I'm not going to sacrifice the well-being of my child. My child is pure," he added. "It's not my responsibility to be protecting their child."
CNN asked Wolfson if he could live with himself if his unvaccinated child got another child gravely ill.
"I could live with myself easily," he said. "It's an unfortunate thing that people die, but people die. I'm not going to put my child at risk to save another child."
It's beyond disturbing that this man is giving parents medical advice. CDC Director Tom Frieden has been taking to the airwaves to try to educate people about the importance of getting vaccinated to prevent
a larger measles outbreak.
"One in six kids could have a fever ten days after, but the vaccine is safe and effective. And for those parents that may think that measles is gone, it’s still here, and it can be quite serious," he said. [...]
"What you do for your own kids doesn't just affect your family. It affects other families as well," he said. "The more kids who are not vaccinated, the more they're at risk and the more they put their neighbors' kids at risk as well.”
And then there's
Dr. Mike Ginsburg: