Photo: WikipediaThe anti-vaccination movement gaining traction across the world is "extremely dangerous'' and more of a threat than an asteroid strike, according to a respected British professor. English physicist Prof Brian Cox, in New Zealand for a science show, said yesterday anti-vaxxers, climate change sceptics and other groups which discredited science were the biggest danger to civilisation. Prof Cox said the anti-vaccination movement "baffled'' him and was "extremely dangerous''. He disagreed with climate change sceptics but could, at least, understand questioning about climate modelling because it was extremely complicated, abstract and the consequences were "not fast''. Prof Cox said the anti-vaccination movement seemed to be about the freedom to choose what was best for your child.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 07, 2017 18:33 UTC