We are grandparents. We are passionate, committed and yes, radical. Make no mistake about what we stand for. In the 1960s and 1970s, we marched for civil rights, fought and protested wars and demanded justice. Today, we march again. This time it’s personal: We are defending our grandchildren’s right to health, their right to vaccines.
The erosion of public trust in vaccines did not happen overnight. But now we have seen the worst measles epidemic in more than three decades, with nearly 1,500 reported cases and at least three deaths so far this year. What Ohio pediatrician Arthur Lavin has called “the unfortunate rise of misinformation, disinformation and misguided parental anxiety” about vaccines puts all Americans at risk, including our grandkids.
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