I have recently been challenging myself by looking at the science, or rather pseudoscience, behind the anti-vaccination claims that are making such a horrible difference on children’s lives these days. So far, I have looked at how the anti-vax movement deals with how real science works and on how it often cites low quality studies. After that piece, I have been asking for my readers to give me suggestions for more “anti-vaccination” studies – and I got some really interesting suggestions and I hope I get many more in the comments below this post. One of the interesting things I
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