The Brady Bunch is not The Lancet

The fact that those who think that abstaining from vaccinating their children would cite to a Brady Bunch episode in their support is proof, as if any is needed, on what an astoundingly ill advised concept that movement supports.

Now, I get it, it's supposed to suggest that back in the 60s and 70s nobody thought the measles were a big deal.

Well people did think the measles were a big deal, they were just common and therefore often had to be endured.  It's not that people welcomed them or regarded them as light sniffles. Indeed, having lived through that era, I can recall parents dreading them.

And citing to examples from prior decades on matters of health isn't really the wisest thing to do in all cases, now is it?

No, it really isn't.

No, not at all.

Nope.

Besides, enough of the Brady Bunch already.