Their debunked claims have contributed to a resurgence of diseases including measles, which in 2000 was declared eliminated in the United States but has since returned with a vengeance. In 2019, the World Health Organization reported a global measles surge, “reaching [the] highest number of reported cases in 23 years” and taking 207,500 lives—a 50 percent increase in deaths in just three years.

XREF: Connects to the broader anti-vaccine movement and vaccine hesitancy being the direct driver of a preventable disease resurgence.

Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, loc. 642