I see a real parallel between the anti-vaccine movement and Western Civilization's departure from its historic/traditional morality over the past 100+ years. Sometimes the formulation or application of traditional morality has produced harmful results (e.g. prideful and condescending - even hateful - attitudes to those whose actions fall outside the bounds of "approved" moral conduct) - like mercury-based vaccinations. But rather than striving to find the appropriate expression of morality (i.e. non-mercury based vaccination formulas), a significant portion of society has decided to abandon traditional morality, with disastrous results.
