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[Hekate]

88. For those whose minds are made up, no evidence is sufficient. I remember that epidemic.

Anyway, as me old mother used to say: Convince a fool against his will; he's of the same opinion still.

And as I myself say about those who do great harm in the world regardless (such as, in this instance, anti-vaxxers): You can try sweet reason and scientific evidence, but if that fails after a short course, you just have to stop them.

I've lost patience with idiots. They need to be stopped. And one way to do that is crack down on unvaccinated children's parents at the time they enroll in school -- just make it mandatory for school enrollment. The only exceptions: a doctor's detailed letter citing other health issues, or a letter from a minister of a historically recognized religious sect that forbids medication. (The religious are prepared to take the risks.) The numbers of both should be quite small enough to not skew herd immunity. But this business of "personal beliefs" that is simply a cover for gross ignorance has got to stop.

Harsh discourse my rosy roseola. The self-centered idiots are quite prepared to let their children and others be at risk because they are ignorant of the laws of science. In criminal law it has long been said that "Ignorance of the law is no excuse." I hate to tell you, the same thing goes for the laws of science.