Letters to the Editor
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mercury militia?
No doubt I will be accused of being an arrogant scientist, but here goes... Which of the following sentences makes sense to you?
"Cosmologists have found several planets rotating around stars quite a distance from earth, but parents disagree."
"Geologists have found that plate tectonics underlies the formation of mountains and the occurrence of earthquakes, but parents disagree."
"Medical scientists have found that thimerosal and vaccines have nothing to do with autism, but parents disagree."
This was a trick question. All 3 statements are nonsensical.
*That's* why rationalists call parents who campaign to ban vaccines the "mercury militia". Right or wrong, it's out of frustration with the lunacy of it all.
(As an aside, I'm a biomedical scientist and new parent. My son has been having *all* of his vaccines on schedule.)