old DPT vaccine, and yet the government dawdled for DECADES before finally funding the research needed to develop a safer vaccine. And that was only after a great deal of pressure from the injured parents you insult with the term "anti-vax" crowd.

However, for the sake of argument, why should any parent take a chance on a vaccine that is safe for "most," when the vaccine is for a disease that in my generation was considered a normal childhood illness, that for "most" had no serious consequences? Like chicken pox, for example?