Pestilence

Patients in Northwest measles outbreak traveled to Hawaii - AP
The AP reports: "A measles outbreak in the Pacific Northwest became more worrisome Wednesday with word that people infected with the extremely contagious viral illness traveled to Hawaii and central Oregon after being exposed. [...] Clark County, where the first case was documented, has a 78 percent vaccination rate — far below the 95 percent required for 'herd immunity' for such a contagious virus. [...] Before mass vaccination, 400 to 500 people in the U.S. died of the measles every year, 50,000 people were hospitalized and 4,000 people developed brain swelling that can cause deafness, Melnick said. One to three cases out of every 1,000 are fatal, he said."

Comment: The antivaxxer movement would be comical if it wasn't so tragic. You are free to say you don't believe in vaccines, just like you are free to say you don't believe in gravity. Your beliefs, however, don't change the real world we all live in.