Thanks for your response.

I read somewhere that the most effective way to convince parents to vaccinate their children is to educate them on the reality of these illnesses, as vaccinations have been so effective as to let us forget about the devastation they caused families not so long ago. Unfortunately, this runs the risk of exploiting some of these kids, as pictures are the best wake to evoke a visceral reaction. I am planning on writing a post about it, once I find some sources besides my faulty memory.

The antivax community on here is actually really spurred my decision to get a steemit account. Any way I can contribute in the fight against science woo is welcome!

As for the kids, thanks for caring. They do good work here; I just wish parents wouldn't make their jobs any harder than they have to be.