WHY YOU REALLY SHOULD vaccinate your children

IN ANY EMOTIVE debate, it’s important to look at the evidence dispassionately and try to evaluate it to the best of our abilities. Even if we’re not scientists ourselves, we can try to identify trustworthy sources of information. All the world’s knowledge is now available on the internet. But so is a lot of fake news. The more you can find consensus from reliable sources, the closer you are likely to get to the truth.

So let’s calmly look at some of the reasons parents become vaccine-hesitant.

THE BLINDNESS OF PRIVILEGE

If you grew up 50 or 100 years ago, one of your siblings would most