(NNPA)—I have to confess that I really cannot believe the measles controversy. The issue of vaccinations had been settled, at least so I thought, until I realized that instead of science, there is an increased reliance on, forgive me for this expression, “urban myths.”
I remember first encountering a major urban myth in connection with the suggestion that there were/are alligators in the New York City sewer system. Proponents of this myth were always so certain and so definitive that it seemed that there was little question as to the validity of the story, i.e., that baby alligators had been flushed down toilers and now haunted the sewer system. There was only one problem: it was not true.
What I learned from this is that many people can and will adopt a certain viewpoint irrespective of the facts if it substantiates an opinion or fear that they have. This seems to have become the case in the matter of measles. The suggestion that the measles vaccination will result in autism has been repeated time and again. Is it possible that there will be side effects with the vaccination? There are possible side effects with any vaccination, but the percentages are so infinitesimally small. Yet, if one wants to, one can worry about this endlessly.
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