Jordanian Govt To Charge Anti-Vaxxers For Claiming The Measles Vax Causes Death, Sterility, Homosexuality

The Jerusalem Post reports:

In a totally unexpected move, the Jordanian government has been forced to act quickly against what it called two parties who spread false information, causing chaos among children and parents. The prosecutor general is looking into possible cybercrimes committed to dissuade the public from the acceptance of the new measles (MR) vaccine that will be rolled out at all schools in mid-October.

Layla from Mafraq, said that she was planning to have her child take the measles vaccine but is now having second thoughts because so many contradictory messages are filling her cell phone messaging app. Some of the rumors talked about children dying from the vaccine while other messages claimed that it causes sterilization among children—and yet another claimed it will contribute to homosexuality among children.

Read the full article. WHO reports that 128,000 people around the world, almost all of them children, died of measles last year.

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