The late Bob Keeshan, ladies and gentlemen
  • The late Bob Keeshan, ladies and gentlemen.

It used to be so easy to talk to misinformed skeptics about the obvious, empirical fact that vaccinations are a necessary protocol for civilized society. But now, thanks to the scourge of other people, it's gone and gotten difficult. Perhaps it's time to look back to a time when people could remember what life in America was like before the advent of widespread, affordable access to the simple, necessary, life-saving prophylactic procedure. A time when men who looked like Bob Keeshan were still allowed on television every day. I'm not comparing the intelligence of the average anti-vaxxer—speaking of which, has anyone claimed that drag name yet? (AFAF)—to that of a piece of fabric with a hand where its brain ought to be. I'm just saying if you're flummoxed by the opposition's refusal to listen to reason even when their obstinacy appears to be causing actual epidemic outbreaks of diseases that humankind has the power to eradicate, watch this for useful pro-vax talking points: