Parents here are more scared of gluten than they are of smallpox. Narrator are personal choices putting the Public Health at risk . 70 cases of the measles. At least 145 in 14 states. Narrator tonight on frontline, the latest chapter in the bitter vaccine war. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional support is provided by the Park Foundation dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. What a cute little face. Aw. Here we come its
Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why we are your retirement company. Additional support is provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios in Lincoln Center in new york, this is pbs newshour weekend. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. President obama was in alabama today along with about 100 members of congress and other dignitaries to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on selma. He spoke at the Edmund Pettus bridge, the site where police and state troopers beat and teargassed Peaceful Protesters demanding Voting Rights. That incident shocked the nation and sparked the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights act. The president touched on voter apathy, protests in ferguson and the historical importance of the march on selma. The americans who crossed this bridge, they
My kid got six vaccines in one day, and he regressed. Would i rather have the measles versus autism . Well sign up for the measles. Despite numerous scientific studies that say vaccines are safe, public concern persists. The result outbreaks of Infectious Diseases not seen for a generation. We are not living in a bubble. Its just a matter of time before someone brings that disease into our community. As Public Health officials struggle to communicate with a skeptical public, they face a radically changed social media environment where youtube videos spread virally across the internet. A regular flu shot gone horribly wrong. These people were much more likely to believe something they had seen on youtube than the centers for Disease Control and the fda. Thats a little frightening. Tonight, frontline reports on the science and politics of the bitter vaccine war. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporatir public
My kid got six vaccines in one day, and he regressed. Would i rather have the measles versus autism . Well sign up for the measles. Despite numerous scientific studies that say vaccines are safe, public concern persists. The result outbreaks ofr a gen we are not living in a bubble. Its just a matter of time before someone brings that disease into our community. As Public Health officials struggle to communicate with a skeptical public, they face a radically changed social media environment where youtube videos spread virally across the internet. A regular flu shot gone horribly wrong. These people were much more likely to believe something they had seen on youtube than the centers for Disease Control and the fda. Thats a little frightening. Tonight, frontline reports on the science and politics of the bitter vaccine war. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporatir public broadcasting. Major funding is provided
Risks the president is facing. Hello and a very warm welcome. President donald trump has been flown to hospital for tests less than 2a hours after he was diagnosed with coronavirus. A helicopter has taken him to the walter reed Military Hospital close to washington. Earlier, the president s doctor released a statement saying mr trump has been receiving an experimental antibody cocktail to treat his infection. A short while ago, the president released a short video. This is what he had to say. I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support. Im going to walter reed hospital. I think im doing very well, but were going to make sure that things work out. The first lady is doing very well. So thank you very much. I appreciate it. I will never forget it. Thank you. Dr david buchin is a medical analyst and a surgeon at huntington hospital. He joins us from new york. Welcome to you. Thanks very much for being with us. What do you make of President Trump, who appears to look well, he walke