Vaccine Myth #11: The DTP Vaccine Caused Deafness in the 1994 Miss America Beauty Pageant Winner

The Miss America winner was reputed to have become permanently deaf because of a bad DTP vaccine, but this story was totally false. Her deafness actually occurred after she contracted bacterial meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), a bacterium for which a vaccine has since become available. Fortunately, the Hib vaccine has virtually eliminated Hib meningitis and its resulting deafness. 

You can read more about vaccines and vaccine myths in my book God’s Design for the Highly Healthy Child.

Read Vaccine Myth #12: The Polio Virus Vaccine Is Contaminated with a Virus That Causes Cancer here.

Read Vaccine Myth #10: Vaccines, If Administered during the First Two Years of Life, Can Cause Diabetes here.