Vaccination stands as perhaps the greatest achievement in medical history. Yet the risks, albeit small, of injury or death, lead to irrational protest and refusal, often on religious grounds. William John Hoyt, Jr., tackles the illogic that has brought about the resurgence of pertussis (or "whooping cough") in the developed world. [Thanks to arts and letters daily.]
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