Once again, scientists and medical officials publicly reiterate the importance of vaccinations. Vaccines, on average, save 2.5 million lives annually. When people refuse to vaccinate themselves, it may seem like a matter of personal agency over their own bodies, which i fully support, however, when that decision has been scientifically proven to cause bodily harm to others, then there is a real problem that needs to be addressed. On top of that is the many parents who refuse to vaccinate their own children due to unfounded superstition that would link it to autism. The logical flaw with this sentiment is that from a rational, ethical, stand point, even if there was a small chance that it could autism (of which there is none) that would still be a far more preferable option than contracting a fatal disease.
The plague of "alternative facts" and unfounded opinions in our country has lead to things like this. Im all for the free market place of ideas, but when your ideas are actively harming other people, then it transcends to a matter of personal responsibility for the consequences of those ideas. This situation can be synthesized to The outbreak of small pox during colonial times. Off course back then they didn't have the wealth of information at their disposal that we have now. In the age of information, ignorance is a choice.
http://www.voanews.com/a/us-scientists-refusing-vaccines-puts-everyone-at-risk/3736322.html
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