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To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate: The Celebs Weigh In

It may not be a spoonful of sugar, but would a celebrity endorsement make that vaccination shot a little easier to bear? With the rise in prominence of celebrity vaccine skeptics, vaccine makers are responding with their own celebrity endorsements. Bad Astronomy reports that the manufacturers of the pertussis (or whooping cough) vaccine are featuring Jennifer Lopez in a video encouraging parents to vaccinate themselves and their children against the malady, while USA Today notes that the flu shot is borrowing a move straight from Wheaties boxes, pulling in backing from Kristi Yamaguchi and ...

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