Measles Outbreak Kills 70 children

Measles is a highly contagious viral respiratory infection that causes high fever, skin rash, runny nose, watery eyes and cough. For 70 young children in Harare, Zimbabwe, and counting, measles has been contaminating them and eventually killing them. One main reason why they are dying at such a fast rate in such a short period of time is because their parents are refusing vaccinations due to their religious beliefs.Members of some apostolic sects in the country shun vaccinations and all other forms of Western medicine, saying it contradicts their belief in supernatural powers. Ironically in the United States and other developed countries, when you contract the measles, all you have to do is go to the doctor and get a prescription that will cure you in less than a week. Unfortunately, their decisions to deny these vaccinations is preventing their children from contracting the measles and dying. 


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