This is Ben. He is immunocompromised and cannot be vaccinated...

[Jasana]

18. Ok, honest I don't know for sure but...

these anti-vax people aren't no-evolution-6000-year-old Earth-bible-thumpers. At least not the ones I've talked to so far. Some are very intelligent but they're talking about their own children and people get weird about kids. They certainly aren't afraid of science. They even have studies that back them up. Studies that have since been de-bunked again and again and again but hey... it's their children...

And there has indeed been a rise in autism but I think part of that rise is because doctors can diagnose it better and part of it is because we've dumped 90,000 new chemicals into the earth and atmosphere and we haven't really got a clue what the long term effects on humans are. Good luck teasing that data out. One thing is for sure... male fertility is going down no matter what country you look at now and I've seen studies that indicate that men with sperm defects have more autistic children.

These anti-vax people seem smart and some even scientifically orientated but they're scared for their kids... scared in all the wrong ways if you ask me. I think some have gotten complacent in a way as well. They haven't seen measles or rubella or small pox or polio up close and personal. They honestly think their kids will be safer without the vaccines.

Okay so that's just the ones I've personally talked to. It's anecdotal. But many of them seem leftish in other views. Just my personal take.