It's back-to-school time, and because all states now require proof of student immunization, the anti-vaccine forces are again in full cry. Warnings about the dangers of vaccination abound on the Internet, in the press and in the literature of alternative medicine. Not only are vaccinations unnecessary to ward off epidemics of infectious diseases, the critics charge, but they are also responsible for such scourges as AIDS, sudden-infant-death syndrome and autism.
Preposterous? Sure. But these theories are being taken seriously by parents and politicians. In Europe such claims have led to significantly lower vaccination rates--and new outbreaks of measles and diphtheria. British...
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