Miscellaneous

Save us from people who put everyone else at risk because they refuse to vaccinate their kids.   There is no evidence that vaccines cause autism and overwhelming evidence that vaccines don't cause autism.  Seriously.  Repeat after me: vaccines don't cause autism.  It's true!

I found it fascinating that the official Oregon immunization record requires documentation to exempt a child for medical reasons, but almost nothing to exempt a child for religious reasons.  My feeling is that refusing to vaccinate a child based on religious tenets should at least result in revocation of 501(c)(3) status and should probably be criminalized.  If the state has an interest in the health of a fetus and restricts late-term abortion, it certainly should have an interest in the health of the child who could go on to infect dozens of other children with life-threatening diseases. 

There are few things that I refuse to debate and will brook no dissent upon -  but this is one of them.  If you don't believe me (and every reputably published study), why don't you (and your unvaccinated children) move to sub-Saharan Africa or Thailand or Malaysia and report back on how well that's working out? 

Vaccines: good for your kids AND everyone else's kids.