Despite being adamantly pro-vaccine myself, I had a very similar reaction... "Making decisions for people" doesn't strike me as an acceptable solution unless th

Despite being adamantly pro-vaccine myself, I had a very similar reaction... "Making decisions for people" doesn't strike me as an acceptable solution unless the harm you are doing has pretty serious externalities. The "science ban" is nothing more than excessive and fanciful retribution to was was most assuredly a frustrating conversation. "You are more likely to crash your car on the way home from this office than experience harm from this vaccine." is a pretty succinct explanation invoking relative risk. I understand the frustrations that lead to doctor wanting to write this sort of fan fiction... I just wish they'd try harder to make the "hero" doctor from the story a more sympathetic character by trying much, much harder to sway the mother's point of view.