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Vaccine Nation 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Cynthia Chen-Joea argues that the fear that some have of vaccines may be an ironic result of vaccines’ success in preventing diseases. A snippet (emphasis added):

When something works as well as vaccines have, it becomes invisible. Today, parents rarely see a child on a ventilator from diphtheria. Most physicians have never cared for a patient with polio. Aside from the recent resurgence of measles, most new doctors have never seen a live case of this once-devastating disease. Because these illnesses are no longer part of our daily reality, they feel distant and abstract. Meanwhile, the risks of vaccines, however rare, loom larger in people’s minds.

I think she may be onto something. Go see what you think.

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