This Map Shows A Gut-Wrenching Example Of How Terrible The Anti-Vaccination Movement Is

by N/A, 10 years ago | 2 min read

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In one map, the Counil on Foreign Affairs made an incredible plea to people to see reason and start vaccinating their children.

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Here is the map, developed by the Council on Foreign Relations.

The map shows how many outbreaks of measles, mumps, rubella, polio and whooping cough have taken place, and where, between 2008 and 2014. These are AVOIDABLE DISEASES...unless you don't believe in vaccination.

The anti-vaccination sentiment comes from a completely erroneous theory that vaccination is linked to autism.

Andrew Wakefield published a paper in 1998 that linked vaccination with autism. This paper was fraudulent, but gained an inordinate amount of media attention. It has since been completely discredited.

One of the people who did not get the memo about the discrediting of Wakefield's paper was former Playboy Bunny Jenny McCarthy.

McCarthy, who is the mother of a child with autism, has been the public face of a very vocal anti-vaccination campaign, perpetuating the false belief that autism and vaccination are related.

This info graphic, put together by Now Sourcing and Upworthy's Adam Mordecai, gives great insight into how the anti-vaccination theory is NOT based in science.

So parents, vaccinate your children. You can help avoid fatal outbreaks like the ones illustrated in the above map.