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Anti-vaxx? How about pro-disease?

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2014 measles rise

Measles cases in the U.S. just hit a two-decade high. In case you can't already guess why, assistant surgeon general Dr. Anne Schuchat explains:

The current increase in measles cases is being driven by unvaccinated people.

From Aeon, Polio whack-a-mole:

The great allies of infectious diseases are no longer poverty, nor dirt, but the global anti-vaccination movement.

Tags: medicine   polio   vaccines
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premii
3825 days ago
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yaserbaqi
3824 days ago
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Filled my Facebook
mw
3825 days ago
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Selfish? I really have no idea. But there's no doubt that they're among the stupidest of people.
tante
3825 days ago
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The great allies of infectious diseases are no longer poverty, nor dirt, but the global anti-vaccination movement.
Berlin/Germany
mikejurney
3826 days ago
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Parents who choose to forgo vaccinating their children are among the most selfish of all people.
New York, New York
lizamu
3826 days ago
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The great allies of infectious diseases are no longer poverty, nor dirt, but the global anti-vaccination movement.
New York, New York
lrwrp
3827 days ago
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Sullied eyes

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Gehard Demetz Cubitt

Clayton Cubitt took photographs of The Beautifully Frightful Wooden Children of Gehard Demetz, now on display at Jack Shainman Gallery in Chelsea. From the gallery's description of the project:

With impeccable craftsmanship, Demetz builds figures and reliefs of children and rural, often religious, architectural forms. While his subjects often take the forms of adolescent or very young children who are at the precipice of self-realization, their grave expressions and powerful stances suggest something much less innocent than their ages might suggest. Situated on plinths, these life-size works are elevated above their natural stature, allowing them to confront adults at eye level with a fierce or introspective gaze far beyond their years. Rather than being carved from a single large block of wood, these sculptures are built up from smaller rectangular units-mimicking classic building blocks-with gaps in their structures like pieces missing from their bodies or lost fragments of their being.

Tags: art   Clayton Cubitt   Gehard Demetz   photography
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b12
3821 days ago
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Wow.