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b_b · 4699 days ago · link · · parent · post: Anti-vaccine hysteria causing resurgence in preventable disease, with bonus delayed diagnoses
If I ever have a kid, and the kid gets some communicable disease before the age when they're vaccine eligible due to some other kid whose parents chose not to vaccinate, I would definitely get very litigious very fast, out of pure spite. That's the only way this demagoguery can be stopped, I think. If the penalty for not vaccinating a kid was sufficiently stiff, then this would be a lot less pervasive. Currently, there aren't any real consequences, but there will be when polio returns in full force.
The real question is why doe this attitude exists in our open and educated society? My take is that since parents see their children as a reflection of themselves, they become incredulous when their kid is diagnosed with autism. That's not me, therefore it must have been caused by someone else, or something of the like. Denial is a powerful force.