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Maureen McCormick is upset a Facebook anti-vaccination group has been using her Brady Bunch image

posted 5 years ago by TMC-4 (19411)
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/04/28/717595757/brady-bunch-episode-fuels-campaigns-against-vaccines-and-marcia-s-miffed

The Season 1 Brady Bunch episode "Is There a Doctor in the House?," which aired in December 1969, revolves around the whole family getting the measles. Anti-vaccine groups are now using the episode as evidence that concern about measles is overblown. "I think it's really wrong when people use people's images today to promote whatever they want to promote and the person's image they're using they haven't asked or they have no idea where they stand on the issue," she says, adding: "As a mother, my daughter was vaccinated." McCormick says her real experience with measles wasn't at all like it was presented on screen. "Having the measles was not a fun thing," she says. "I remember it spread through my family."

[–] g-bone (532) 5 years ago

I keep a Hawaiian tiki on me at all times which keeps all diseases away. It only gives me problems when I surf.

[–] snepts (11123) 5 years ago

I'm glad she's saying this. We'd all love to hope little kids can get the measles - and Mumps and Chicken Pox - when they are young and just get over it, but older - and younger - populations don't handle it all that easily all the time.
When the amount of unvaxed people increases, it's more likely vulnerable groups will be infected.

[–] mikethemartian (6063) 5 years ago

Is it at all surprising that anti-vaxxers would base their view of reality from a sitcom?

[–] Faridah (1325) 5 years ago

lol well said