Good read from the WSJ: The Anti-Vaccination Epidemic

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11. Apparently State Farm woke up:

State Farm drops Rob Schneider over anti-vaccine views

Phil Supple, State Farm’s director of public affairs, told PR Week that Mr. Schneider’s ad “has unintentionally been used as a platform for discussion unrelated to the products and services we provide.”

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“State Farm provides health insurance, and nothing ensures public health more than getting vaccinated,” the video says. “It is time to end the anti-vaccination movement; with your help, we can elicit change.”

Mr. Schneider took to Twitter Tuesday night to suggest that his First Amendment rights have been violated. “‘If the Freedom of Speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter,’ George Washington,” he tweeted to his 203,000 followers.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/24/state-farm-drops-rob-schneider-over-anti-vaccine-v/