MD Gives Terse Reply To NY Times Hit Piece On “Anti-Vaxxers”
MD Gives Terse Reply To NY Times Hit Piece On “Anti-Vaxxers” By Dr. Richard Moskowitz, MD Author of Vaccines: a Reappraisal (a must-read!) Before responding to the editorial, “How to Inoculate against Anti-Vaxxers” (January 20, 2019), I want to point out that the opposite term, “Pro-vaxxer,” is rarely seen or heard, as if belief in the safety and efficacy of vaccines were so universal and such a no-brainer that there would be no need to coin a word to single it out, much less imply that the naysayers might also have a valid point of view. This subtext is evident throughout the editorial in question, which merely accepts as gospel the authority of the World Health Organization on the…