The problem with the debate about vaccines
is that it’s not fought on a level playing
field. While the pro-vaccine side argues with
studies and statistics, the arguments against
them are usually a wild mixture of gut feeling,
anecdotes, and misinformation. And feelings
are often immune to facts. We’ll not convince
anybody by screaming at them. But we can’t
hide from the reality of what anti-vaccine
conspiracies do. They kill babies too young
to be vaccinated. They kill healthy children
that are just unlucky. They bring serious
diseases back from the verge of extinction.
And, the biggest side effect of vaccines is
fewer dead children. Vaccines are one of the
most powerful tools we have to eradicate the
monsters that most of us have already forgotten.
Let’s not bring the beasts back!
