There are a lot of comments here about the issue of how to communicate risk of different personal medical choices to patients who do not themselves have medical

There are a lot of comments here about the issue of how to communicate risk of different personal medical choices to patients who do not themselves have medical training. It is a tough problem. Professional stage magicians, and avid skeptics, Penn and Teller had an episode of their cable television series Bullshit report on the issue of risks and benefits of vaccination. Maybe a clip from their TV show (with language that many families would find inappropriate for viewing with their children) will help communicate the risk and benefit ratio of vaccination more clearly than documents written in a more clinical tone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfdZTZQvuCo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfdZTZQvuCo (short clip above, long clip below) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLcOz4EKrxg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLcOz4EKrxg