This is good. I am puzzled why the anti-vaxxers still exist at all? The original paper linking autism to vaccines was withdrawn, the researcher admitted to fraud, and he was punished by the courts. How can a movement survive when the guy who started it has been so completely discredited? And yet, instead of dying, the movement has grown and new arguments have been invented about why various diseases can be safely ignored.

I this this is well said:

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In light of recent outbreaks of measles and other vaccine preventable illnesses, and the refusal of anti-vaccination advocates to acknowledge the problem, I thought it was past time for this post.

They say that measles isn’t a deadly disease. But it is.

They say that chickenpox isn’t that big of a deal. But it can be.

They say that the flu isn’t dangerous. But it is.

They say that whooping cough isn’t so bad for kids to get. But it is.