When confronted with the statistics, many anti-vaccine folks remind me of a witness I cross-examined in a murder trial I was prosecuting. He was an “expert” witness who spoke with a slight German accent. He propounded a preposterous theory for the cause of death of my victim. (Other than the fact that 8 witnesses saw his client put a 9mm round into our poor guy’s head). After I confronted with numerous pieces of physical evidence which completely contradicted his bogus theory, he finally exclaimed, “Do not confuse me with these facts”.