Civil Litigation,
Health Care & Hospital Law,
Administrative/Regulatory
Apr. 5, 2014
Tort liability options for the anti-vaccination movement
To date in 2014, 49 people in California have been diagnosed with measles, a vaccine-preventable disease.
To date in 2014, 49 people in California have been diagnosed with measles, a vaccine-preventable disease (compared to four cases last year by this time). Twenty-one of them are in Orange County; of those, seven have been hospitalized. We are also seeing an outbreak of pertussis. Vaccine-preventable diseases are returning, causing suffering and death. The law can and should play a role in reducing this problem.
Last week, we discussed school immunization requirements and exempti...
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