the anti-vaxxer movement, which insists, in the face of every possible scientific refutation, that autism can be caused by vaccinations gone awry. Amid these often well-educated and privileged medieval witch-hunters being responsible for decreased vaccination rates, a resurgence of measles, and the deaths of children, I note what is often a secondary theme. There is, of course, the primary conspiracy theory of some sort of medico-pharmaceutical willingness to shower autistic hell down on the innocent for the sake of vaccine profits.
