HERE ARE SOME INTERESTING FACTS TO CONSIDER:

1. Vaccines were a $23 BILLION INDUSTRY in 2013. According to the World Health Organization, they’re projected to grow to a $100 BILLION INDUSTRY within the next decade.
I say this not to ridicule for-profit industries, but to assure you that these pharmaceutical companies have a massive public relations team. There is no way they don’t.

2. In the last quarter of 2014, there was an under-reported story about how a judge ruled that two whistleblowers within Merck & Co. had adequately proven that Merck & Co. may have lied to the U.S Government about the efficacy of its mumps vaccine. Also under-reported was a story about a whistleblower within the CDC who will testify that the CDC covered up evidence linking the MMR vaccine to autism.

3. And now, in the first quarter of 2015, we get this flurry of news supposedly spurred on by a minor outbreak of measles.

4. We’ve also seen several states simultaneously introduce legislation that would restrict or altogether eliminate a parent’s right to exempt their children from vaccinations (even for religious reasons). You can see if you your own state is one of them by clicking here.

I also suggest that if you think that maybe vaccines should be mandatory, you read this post my friend Heather at Mommypotamus published today: Should Vaccines Be Mandatory? And if you feel really adventurous, go check out the Facebook discussions that post is generating on her page and see if you can spot the astroturfing comments.

NOW, GIVEN WHAT YOU NOW KNOW ABOUT PR AND SEEDING, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THESE HEADLINES?

Draw your own conclusions.