[MsGrizzle]

CDC helping TV show writers keep the medicine real<br><br><img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/biglaugh.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="laugh">: <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/biglaugh.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="laugh">: <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/biglaugh.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="laugh">:<br><br>
I didn't read the accompanying article yet but here it is:<br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/04/20/cdc.in.hollywood.ap/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/04/20....ap/index.html</a>

 

[grisandole]

Ugh, that makes me so angry!<br><br>
Alos, I'm moving this to News and Current events <img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/smile.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="smile">

 

[Gitti]

<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/communication/tips/measles.htm" target="_blank">http://www.cdc.gov/communication/tips/measles.htm</a><br><br>
Movie Plot from the CDC web site:<br><br><div style="margin:20px;margin-top:5px;">
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<table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="99%"><tr><td class="alt2" style="border:1px inset;">Case Example<br><br>
Moira and her husband Allan are vegetarians committed to having a healthy lifestyle. When Moira had her baby, Ariel, she delivered using natural childbirth - she did not want to receive any drugs. When Ariel was 1 year old, Moira decided against the MMR vaccine. She had read about a possible link between the vaccine and the development of autism. Thinking that she could nurse Ariel through a six-day viral infection, she felt that this was the safest alternative for her child. When she was 2 years old, Ariel came down with measles. Ariel's fever did not go down after a couple of days and she was having trouble breathing. Frightened, Moira called her doctor, who advised her to get Ariel to an emergency room as soon as possible. When Ariel is admitted, the doctor diagnosed her with pneumonia as a complication of measles. The doctor explained that had Moira hesitated in bringing her daughter to the hospital, she could have developed brain damage or even died. Ariel recovers and is discharged from the hospital several days later.</td>
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<br><br><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/communication/entertainment_education.htm" target="_blank">http://www.cdc.gov/communication/ent..._education.htm</a>

 

[AntoninBeGonin]

Propaganda?

 

[domesticzookeeper]

<div style="margin:20px;margin-top:5px;">
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<div>Originally Posted by <strong>AntoninBeGonin</strong> <a href="/community/forum/post/7911851"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/community/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border:0px solid;"></a></div>
<div style="font-style:italic;">Propaganda?</div>
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Yeah, just slightly<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/irked.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title="irked">: