Vaccines: Still Good Medicine

I read an interesting review of a book by pediatrician Paul Offit that seeks to give the history of the anti-vaccine movement and reassure parents that vaccines are good medicine. In the opening anecdote we learn the doctor has been terrorized by anti-vaccine quacks, including one who announced he knew Offit's children and where they went to school. Chilling. Another thing that comes up in the article is the tendency I think we all have to want the quick fix, the easy answer. Science doesn't work that way, which is hard when you're looking for hope. But that rigor is what makes scientific research so valuable.
Also on this topic: After a number of measles outbreaks and reports of parents saying no to immunizations, twenty-two medical groups have banded together to bolster public confidence in vaccines.