Arthur Allen

In recent years a growing number of parents and medical establishment critics have raised concerns about the safety of vaccines and have expressed opposition to state regulations that make vaccinations a mandatory condition for school enrollment. In the following viewpoint, Arthur Allen charges that many anti- vaccination activists provide false or misleading information to the public and thereby discourage parents from vaccinating their children. By opposing universal vaccination and hampering efforts to increase immunization rates, he argues, vaccination critics may leave children at greater risk of becoming victims of disease outbreaks. Allen is a freelance journalist who frequently writes on scientific and medical matters

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. What is one major difference between the anti-vaccination critics of today and those of a century ago, according to Allen?
2. According to the author, how...