Just before the coronavirus crisis exploded, as I was heading home after a long bike ride, I noticed a gathering of anti vaxxers in front of the Colorado State Capitol, as seen in the photograph above. They were protesting a proposed law to eliminate many exceptions to mandatory vaccinations. There are a lot of claims on social media that vaccinations cause autism, as well as other serious problems, and many people have stopped vaccinating their children. Among other things, this resulted in a very large outbreak of both measles and mumps throughout the country last year. With the real danger now posed by this current and possible future pandemics, will these anti vaxxers change their minds and finally embrace science? Nah. Dream on.
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