Keith

“Human life has always been stalked by disease. For bacteria, viruses, and parasites, our bodies and our cells are perfect incubators. Every life saved and every quantum of suffering avoided by a vaccine is the legacy of all the physicians and scientists who have ever devoted themselves to developing or disseminating these life-saving technologies. The anti-vaccination movement has worked its way into the public discourse, motivated by compassion and distrust of authority, experts, corporations, and governments.”
― Jonathan M. Berman, Anti-Vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement

“Rather than being low-information parents, these are parents who are, if anything, less selective in choosing the sources they get information from. Rather than using information arrived at through the scientific method, they have also incorporated information from websites, alternative health practitioners, and religious leaders.”
― Jonathan M. Berman, Anti-Vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement

“Undervaccinated children are likely to be children whose parents want them to receive health care but cannot afford it, whereas unvaccinated children are likely to be children of parents with vaccine doubt. Indeed, the strongest predictors of vaccine exemptions in California are median household income, higher percentage of white race in the population, and private schools.”
― Jonathan M. Berman, Anti-Vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement

“The very presence of those who oppose vaccination are in that way a testament the effectiveness of vaccines.”
― Jonathan M. Berman, Anti-Vaxxers: How to Challenge a Misinformed Movement