re: #55 kirkspencer

I agree about not being harmed, but this isn’t just vaccine ignorance.

Most of Pakistan is aware by now that the CIA used vaccination as a cover while seeking bin Laden. Law of unintended consequences now applies: all vaccinators are viewed with suspicion.

“There has been strong resistance against polio vaccines in this area,” Khan said. “These teachers went there after five years to vaccine children. According to our reports they had finished their job and were about to return when held hostage by the militants.”

“Khan said the militants are affiliated with Commander Mangal Bagh, whose Pakistan Taliban-affiliated group Lashkar-e-Islam largely controls the area.

“He said Mangal Bagh and his fighters opposing polio vaccination for children, fearing it is a Western ploy to render their males infertile.”

worldnews.nbcnews.com