Paul A. Offit - Today, however, anti-vaccine activists go out of their way to claim that th

Today, however, anti-vaccine activists go out of their way to claim that they are not anti-vaccine; they’re pro-vaccine. They just want vaccines to be safer. This is a much softer, less radical, more tolerable message, allowing them greater access to the media. However, because anti-vaccine activists today define safe as free from side effects such as autism, learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, and blood clots—conditions that aren’t caused by vaccines—safer vaccines, using their definition, can never be made.

- Paul A. Offit

topic: Heart, Blood, Vaccines, Learning Disability, Multiple Sclerosis, Attention Deficit Disorder, Blood Clots