An Associated Press item appearing on SFGate.com details how Islamic preachers convinced parents not to have their children vaccinated against polio, because, they said, it was part of a U. S. plot against Muslims.
I do not believe that there was any U. S. plot against Muslims, and the allegation by the Islamic preachers, which resulted in many children not being vaccinated, has led to a resurgence of polio in nations where it had been eradicated.
Nearly two years after radical Islamic preachers told parents to refuse to have their children vaccinated against polio for fear it was part of a U.S. plot against Muslims, the repercussions are still being felt: A Nigerian strain of the virus that causes the crippling disease has cropped up as far away as Indonesia.
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