Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
IMO, it goes back to Dr. Spock, Al Gore's Information Highway and over 30 years of degrading our schools and teachers.Exactly. Kids undergoing chemotherapy, for instance, can DIE if they get chickenpox. Polio is still out there in the world -- recently there was a brief ceasefire in Gaza in order for aid workers to vaccinate children against it. Do we really want that to make a comeback? Have you seen the public health ads advising us old ppl to update our DPT vaccines? We can spread pertussis to infants too young to receive the vaccine, with dire results.
It boggles my mind to think that any intelligent, or even marginally smart, person would want to risk the lives of their children or others when these nearly-eradicated diseases can easily be prevented.
Note that it's mostly those on the Right who push this nonsense, but as @Taichiliberal proves, it's not exclusively on the right.