Paul Offit—one of the vaccine industry’s most strident ambassadors—wonders how could the state of Mississippi, which has “the worst overall health in the nation,” achieve over 99.4% vaccine coverage? The real question, however, is why when despite juxtaposing two critical pieces of health information about Mississippi’s children—high vaccine coverage and poor health rankings—Offit does not ask the obvious elephant-in-the-room question: Could one have something to do with the other?
