Anti-Vaccination

"... an important and informative paper authored by epidemiologist Dr. Tara C. Smith and law professor and vaccine advocate Dr. Dorit Reiss. I’ve linked to the journal article below. I urge you to read it. Not only to help serve as a bulwark in your own mind against the fallacious arguments and downright lies being exponentially spread online, but also as an aid for those unpleasant conversations you may find yourself in with COVID-19 deniers." - John Ellis

"The anti-vaxxers have been out in force at the Connecticut State House ....The object of their ire is House Bill 5044, which would do away with religious exemptions that allow children who attend public or private schools to pass on vaccinations." - RNS

"Your choice not to vaccinate your child against measles, chickenpox, or any other vaccine-preventable illness could lead to hospitalization or even death for a baby too young for inoculations or someone whose immune system is too compromised to be vaccinated themselves." - W. Examiner

Anti-vaxers in America go back 300 years

"Recently, two different vaccine refusal disputes led to two different outcomes." - BJC

"Some people ignore the overwhelming evidence and still believe the connection [to autism] exist because it was given credence in 1998 by the publication of a fraudulent research paper in the British medical journal The Lancet. That paper was later retracted when it was discovered that the chief researcher, a British surgeon named Andrew Wakefield, had manipulated the data and failed to disclose that he had been paid more than $600,000 by lawyers looking to win a lawsuit against vaccine manufacturers." -

"People who argue in favor of vaccines are making rational arguments to people who have already proven themselves not to be moved by reason." - Washington Examiner

"The use of fetal cell lines from the 1960s is another sticking point in the vaccine debate." - Christianity Today