This was at the NBC "News" section under "Newsweek"--for those that missed it, there is a clip of the show, the ad, then a plug for how NBC always gives it all to its viewers. (yeah right!)
Don't you just love how they referred to us as a "small group". I guess that minimizes us. We must be so "cute"!
Here it is....
A scene of "ER" in which a mother is told her son has measles (left), and the ad that followed it, which urged parents to have their children immunized (right)
‘ER’ Uproar
An episode of the hospital drama angers some parents
By B. J. Sigesmund
NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE
Feb. 23 — Last week’s “ER” made a small group of people sick.
THE FEB. 15 EPISODE, which touched on the current debate over childhood immunizations, was seen as extremely one-sided by antivaccine activists. On the show, a young mother brings her ill child to the hospital. When asked by hospital staff if he’s had his vaccinations, she responds, “No ... he hasn’t had any immunizations, none of our children have.” Dr. Chen (Ming-Na) looks away in disgust. Later, the child dies of measles. It is, ostensibly, the mother’s fault.
Over the past few years, some parents have come to believe there may be a connection between childhood vaccinations and autism. Though studies have yet to prove a correlation, a small number of parents have stopped giving their kids immunizations, especially the common MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) shot.
February 23 — The incendiary “ER” scene, plus a snippet of the American Home Products commercial that aired right after it