Reply #25: No, that's not what I am saying. What I am saying is that a blame game is being played.

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People worried about vaccine safety are constantly being blamed for tragic deaths that occur hundreds of miles away from anywhere they have ever been and that they have nothing whatsoever to do with.

The whooping cough is cyclic. The 10 deaths last year were tragic events caused by infants being exposed to bordetella pertussis bacteria, 9 before they had any chance to be immunized. These 10 deaths had nothing to do with some parents questioning vaccine safety in Marin County, but that doesn't stop the Paul Offit-led spin cycle from implying as much.