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demmiblue

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Fri Feb 6, 2015, 10:45 AM Feb 2015

Anti-Vaxxers Launch Children’s Book To Convince Kids That ‘Measles Is Marvelous’ [View all]

Source: Addicting Info



While a measles outbreak grips the US and health professionals seek to stem the tide, anti-vaxxers have published a book to convince children that the deadly disease is “marvelous.”

Melanie’s Marvelous Measles is available on Amazon, and sets out to persuade 4-10-year-old children that the measles is actually pretty fun, has no serious possible side-effects, and is something kids should look forward to getting.

The book includes such inspired medical advice as :

* measles is easily avoided by drinking melon juice
* vaccines weaken the human immune system,
* getting measles strengthens it (as does melon juice).


Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/05/anti-vaxxers-launch-childrens-book-to-convince-kids-that-measles-is-marvelous-images/

* Note: the book was published in 2012.


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GOOD GOD! MohRokTah Feb 2015 #1
OMG! leftofcool Feb 2015 #2
Are they going to also write a book which says Melanie's death is marvelous also. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #3
Or one where Melanie talks about how happy she is that her new born sister is developmentally jwirr Feb 2015 #18
I would hope caring parents would love their children than advocating for this cause. Thinkingabout Feb 2015 #19
What should the sequel be? Melanie dies marvelously? onecaliberal Feb 2015 #4
Nope, "Melanie Infectionally Infects the Entire City" leftofcool Feb 2015 #5
Yes, definitely better. onecaliberal Feb 2015 #8
Or may-be "Melanie's Marvelous Trip to the Morgue" vankuria Feb 2015 #25
Ah, who could forget 'Carol's Colorful Chlamydia'......... nt Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2015 #6
Melanie and the Marvelous Measels added to night number3 of Coachella this week. Initech Feb 2015 #7
Huh. I had measles when I was 2 years old and got encephalitis. yellowcanine Feb 2015 #9
Does it have a pop-up coffin? lame54 Feb 2015 #10
Are they seriously going that far? treestar Feb 2015 #11
Irony alert: Amazon's bot suggests you may also be intersted in George's Wonderful Medicine, hedgehog Feb 2015 #12
I hoped this was a joke Sweet Freedom Feb 2015 #13
Melon juice? HappyMe Feb 2015 #14
And there's lots of people here that will tell us jeff47 Feb 2015 #15
I have also heard that we are supposed to "negotiate" with them. HappyMe Feb 2015 #16
Or pretend it's a legitimate POV ismnotwasm Feb 2015 #21
Pertussis is terrifying. HappyMe Feb 2015 #22
You're welcome! ismnotwasm Feb 2015 #23
"Bobby's Bubbling Buboes" pipi_k Feb 2015 #17
As good an example as any how books have been dumbed down. Trillo Feb 2015 #20
This is not dumbing down; it's propaganda for a cause. There really is a difference. nt Hekate Feb 2015 #31
Oh, I've seen this--pretty sure it got thoroughly savaged in a thread here a couple years ago. Arkana Feb 2015 #24
Susie's Sensational Smallpox! greatauntoftriplets Feb 2015 #26
... TBF Feb 2015 #28
Snap! Actually, this snake oil saleswoman is in Brisbane, Australia. Hekate Feb 2015 #32
LOL! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2015 #40
Her next opus: Peter's Perfect Polio greatauntoftriplets Feb 2015 #41
I'm sorry Quackers Feb 2015 #27
If Measles is Marvelous, why drink Melon juice, Melanie? Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #29
Harry's Happy Hepatitis Initech Feb 2015 #30
I'm going to check Amazon's comments now to see if any of you dropped by. Hekate Feb 2015 #33
"My Parents Open Carry" central scrutinizer Feb 2015 #34
Floyd's Fabulous Flatulence... Blanks Feb 2015 #35
if this isn't satire, it's as twisted as it get. spanone Feb 2015 #36
Praise Nurgle! ck4829 Feb 2015 #37
"It's also a great chance to teach them how fun poverty can be." beam me up scottie Feb 2015 #38
Apparently Stephanie Messenger, the author of this book, is having a hard time in Australia: icymist Feb 2015 #39
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