Vaccines Save Lives, or Why It’s Important to Evaluate Information

I work in a school. I’ve heard the reasons, both rational-sounding and not so much, behind not getting a student vaccinated.†

That said, my child is vaccinated against everything that’s required and a few things that aren’t. I’ll tell you why.

1) Even if the research regarding vaccines causing autism was reliable (it’s not, see #4) I would much rather my child risk autism than polio. Neuro-typical people talk like having autism is worse than having polio, but that’s just not how I see it.

2) It’...