Several years ago ER aired an episode where a child dies from...are you ready?...measles. [Notice the trend yet?] The premise of the episode was ridiculous, but that didn't once sway the writers from their
main premise, the mother of the child was to blame for refusing to vaccinate. Every character on the show took a turn completely degrading the mother and then wondering in an exasperated fashion, "hasn't measles already been wiped out by the vaccine?""Oh not for the spectacularly stupid, evil parents who don't vaccinate their children."
While watching that episode, two main thoughts entered my mind: this is perfect execution of a propaganda scheme that would make Hitler's henchmen proud, and secondly I've never noticed how many pharmaceuticals advertise on ER. Interesting. I wonder if they are connected?
There was quite a clamoring in the natural health and health freedom communities, but eventually (after eight or nine years), that uproar has died down. That's okay, there's always another opportunity for NBC to persuade the pharmaceutical companies to keep advertising (since it sure won't be for the ratings!)
If you missed tonight's episode here it is in a nutshell: a crazy-bad, young mother (with her own mother who is quite a gem) is accused of killing her daughter. Turns out she only buried an already-dead daughter who died from complications of...measles! [ta da!] As it turns out the child caught measles at the park from the unvaccinated child of an evil, misanthropic mother. Well since it is an election year the DA has decided to prosecute the mother for murder [OMG!]
