> EDIT: It's one of these topics where you're not allowed to express the slightest, tiniest, doubt. It's a bit disappointing, since neither of us are particula

> EDIT: It's one of these topics where you're not allowed to express the slightest, tiniest, doubt. It's a bit disappointing, since neither of us are particularly advocating any resistance to vaccines. HN is one of the last larger forums to properly dissect topics, ask questions (even difficult ones), and try to understand root causes & effects, second-level effects and so forth. Unfortunately lately it seems the twitter/reddit culture has taken a bit of a foothold - cheap, popularity-seeking comments void of any substance are spammed into anything remotely relating to politics or breaking news. And questions/comments like ours are vehemently downvoted. Let's hope the trend breaks down rather than grows.