"The climate change debate is a sad example of the consequence of the artificial invention of balance, which is a debating approach or process that treats ideas or information as equal even when tangibly the information should not be treated as such.
All that said, in the case of anti-vaxxers, the issue seems to me straightforward: consequence follows decision.
This seems lost in the narrative of oppression adopted by those opposed to vaccines.
They appear to be demanding a high degree of autonomy and freedom unmitigated by the consequences of personal accountability.
It is an artificial definition of freedom and autonomy that is as persuasive as the reasons for a toddler tantrum."
