Nigeria's polio vaccination drive was hurt by journalists spreading rumors that the vaccine was really a method to sterilize Muslim girls, according to a recent article in the Science section of the New York Times. According to the Times, the program's demise actually led to a polio outbreak that spread to a number of surrounding countries.
When I read that, I thought, thank goodness people in the U.S. aren't that stupid. Then I remembered the brouhaha over "death panels."
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