EXCERPT:
AVLON: “Vaccine mandates have been a totally normal part of American life for decades. Only in our current fever dream does partisan politics twist our ability to see this. As a recent epic letter to the editor in 'The New York Times' stated, 'I have to confess being a one-time anti-vaxxer. I was adamantly opposed to the vaccines against measles, mumps, diphtheria, tetanus, and polio that I was mandated by the states to take. But I later realized it was a good thing. Kindergarten changes a person.' And that's your reality check.”