I've been thinking a lot about the social contract lately, and this is a nearly perfect example of people who have exempted themselves from responsibility in it. Reich, showing amazing patience, listens while an assortment of breath-takingly arrogant selfish people at a confluence of snobbery (poor people can be made to get vaccines at the dingy county health office), obsession with promoting their kids at others' expense, total confidence that their kids are unique and can only be served by their own insight to tailor a health program for them, and belief that they are "good" people whose "lifestyles" do not allow dirty diseases in. It is very hard not to throw the book when one of them opines that while she will probably get her daughter vaccinated for measles to protect a future fetus grandchild, as long as her son gets measles before he's an adult (risking sterility), it's all good. When asked "but what about all the kids and pregnant women your son could infect?" the answer is a shrug and oh, too bad for them! If it was just these vicious idiots, herd immunity might be safe, but as Medicare reductions push poor people further away from being able to protect their kids, we near a tipping point of epidemic, preventable diseases because of people who want all the advantages while shunting the risks off to "lesser" people.

A great survey of the anti-vaxxer movement that doesn't demonize but does take them appropriately to task while show how the movement's concerns aren't devoid of merit rather it's beliefs are grounded in poor reasoning.