Don't place all the blame of parents who're skeptical about vaccinations. Public health thinking on vaccination is far from impressive. It is heavily shaped by statistics and cost-benefit analysis.

I have to wonder, is it just because I'm a scientist that things like this make me depressed? How do we inform people who don't want to be informed? How do we educate people who see no value in scientific knowledge? How do we live with ourselves while watching those who believe that ignorance is a right make…