I see that the WHO (World Health Organisation) has listed "vaccine hesitancy" or in other words, people who are too scared, ignorant or both to get their kids vaccinated against killer diseases, as one of the top 10 health threats facing Human kind in 2019. This wanton stupidity shares it's place in a list alongside things like climate-change, obesity, Influenza pandemics, antimicrobial resistance, Ebola, HIV and other potentially cataclysmic health events. It's baffling to think that there are people who believe so strongly in conspiracy theories and vapid scare-stories that they will risk the lives of their own children and also threaten the herd immunity of entire communities and nations. We really are our own worst enemies sometimes.
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