Katie Couric backs off from her anti-vaccine show--but not enough [1]

GFP Commentary: We do not recommend the use of vaccines

By: Michael Hiltzik, 12/10/2013

Having taken a fair amount of heat from the science-based community for her recent show promoting scare stories about an important immunological vaccine, Katie Couric has backed off.  In a piece appearing Tuesday in the Huffington Post [2], the TV host conceded that some of the criticism that the segment was "too anti-vaccine and anti-science" was "valid...in retrospect." She acknowledged that "more emphasis should have been given to the safety and efficacy of the HPV vaccines."

 

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