Everyone with half a brain knows that vaccines are a good idea.
No, a great idea.
Alas, there are a lot more people out there than you might think who have less than half a brain.
And a bunch of them apparently live in Arizona.
Vaccines – good. No vaccines – bad. Any questions?
So when the state launched a campaign that never should have been needed to educate people about the importance of getting their kids vaccinated, the half-brains came crawling out of the woodwork to protest.
Arizona grants parents exemptions from having their children vaccinated, so the education program the state launched was an attempt to teach the skeptical about the value of vaccines. The education program was strictly optional; no one was required to take it – not even those seeking the exemptions.
But information apparently scares a lot of people, so when 120 people (out of the seven million who live in the state) protested the program, what did public officials do? They folded like a cheap tent. The program was over – disbanded, kaput. Bureaucrats, elected officials, and public health officials all abdicated their responsibility because of a few wackadoodles and made a bad decision that will do nothing more than perpetuate ignorance. And maybe contribute to the spread of diseases that we mostly eradicated a long time ago. They should be ashamed of themselves.
Tagged: anti-vaccine, vaccines, vaccines in arizona
Crossing Against the Light: 
It’s crazy. What happened to science? This is reflective of the lack of trust in our institutions.
Or maybe a lack of intelligence among our friends and neighbors?
On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 9:06 PM The Four-Eyed Curmudgeon wrote:
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