Teen finally gets first vaccine at 18 after blaming anti-vaxxer parents, who believe shots cause autism
18-year-old Ethan Lindenberger from Norwalk, Ohio, slammed his own mother for denying him the vaccines for diseases such as mumps and hepatitis
A teenage boy finally received his first vaccination after being prevented from getting them by his parents who had told him that they cause brain damage and autism.
As a massive outbreak of measles sweeps across the United States, 18-year-old Ethan Lindenberger from Norwalk, Ohio, slammed his own mother for denying him the vaccines for diseases such as mumps and hepatitis just because she read some crazy theories online.
The teen made a decision to get himself vaccinated after turning 18 because he was unable to convince his parents that vaccines do not cause autism.
His mother, Jill Wheeler, said in an interview with Undark that the decision to get the vaccinations on his own was insulting and felt like a "slap in the face".