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3 ethical reasons for vaccinating your children

  • Written by Joel Michael Reynolds, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Vaccine work because they help create herd immunity.JPC-PROD/Shutterstock.com

Across the country, billboards are popping up suggesting that vaccines can kill children, when the science behind vaccination is crystal clear – vaccinations are extremely safe.

Researchers who study the beliefs of anti-vaxxers have found many different reasons, not...

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