antivaxxers
the antivaxxer movement started long ago. but it really got going when one andrew wakefield published results linking autism and vaccinations. it turns out wakefield really is the kind of lying cheating scumbag worthy of the vitriol one normally finds associated with global warming researches. he's been found guilty of unethical behaviors like performing procedures on children he wasn't qualified to do. without the knowledge or consent of their parents. didn't disclose he was being paid by parents to find a link. and generated results that have not been duplicated. yet folks still believe in him. why? i believe the answer is chili. my son loved chili. then one day he ate chili and got horribly sick. human bodies are hard wired to make associations like this. to him chili is poison. eight years later he still can't abide even the smell of chili. it's really no wonder parents make the mis-association, my kid got vaccinated, then got a horrifying disease. we're hard wired that way. usually that trait serves humans very well. but sometimes it fails spectacularly. normally i wouldn't care if idiot parents made decisions that kill their kids. but the decisions of those idiots could very well kill other people's kids. skip the flu shots if you want. but give em the pricks.