Because Measles is...Marvelous?

Oh, Lord. I came across this book, Melanie's Marvelous Measles.  Yes, that is the real title. Of a children's book. The future Pediatrician in me finds this book the most appalling thing I've seen in a while.

From Amazon.com:

"Melanie's Marvelous Measles was written to educate children on the benefits of having measles and how you can heal from them naturally and successfully. Often today, we are being bombarded with messages from vested interests to fear all diseases in order for someone to sell some potion or vaccine, when, in fact, history shows that in industrialized countries, these diseases are quite benign and, according to natural health sources, beneficial to the body. Having raised three children vaccine-free and childhood disease-free, I have experienced many times when my children's vaccinated peers succumb to the childhood diseases they were vaccinated against. Surprisingly, there were times when my unvaccinated children were blamed for their peers' sickness. Something which is just not possible when they didn't have the diseases at all. Stephanie Messenger lives in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and devotes her life to educating people about vaccine dangers and supporting families in their natural health choices. She has the support of many natural therapists and natural-minded doctors."

I just hope there won't be a sequel. Beware, the following titles may be coming to bookstores near you.

Rhoda's Remarkable Rotavirus

Herbert's Hilarious Hepatitis

Marty's Miraculous Mumps

Ruben's Radical Rubella

Paul's Phenomenal Polio

I could keep going, but this is starting to make me sick.

A PSA (as in Public Service Announcement, not Prostate Specific Antigen):
PLEASE VACCINATE YOUR CHILDREN! I have seen kids get very very ill because they were not vaccinated! Vaccines are safe, effective, are NOT linked to autism (nor have ever been...the only study ever to show a link had fraudulent data), and are one of the miracles of modern medicine.  And one of the worst tragedies in modern medicine is when children DIE from vaccine preventable diseases.

Ok, that is all. I'm going to go barf.