If you don’t vaccinate your kids, Australia won’t pay for your child care

In Australia, there used to be widespread agreement that vaccinating children against fatal diseases was a good thing. Kids got shots, and the rate of childhood diseases plummeted. But then things changed. In 1994, a group calling itself the Australian Vaccination Network launched a campaign claiming the risks of vaccines (which are essentially nonexistent). Its core mission: “to […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/02/19/if-you-dont-vaccinate-your-kids-australia-wont-pay-for-your-childcare/

Trump called the news media an ‘enemy of the American People.’ Here’s a history of the term.

President Trump is not known for his subtlety. But even by this standard, his tweet Friday night was extreme. Trump called the news media “the enemy of the American People.” The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People! — Donald J. Trump […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/02/18/trump-called-the-news-media-an-enemy-of-the-american-people-heres-a-history-of-the-term/

Bill Gates: Bioterrorism could kill more than nuclear war — but no one is ready to deal with it

A genetically engineered virus is easier to make and could kill more people than nuclear weapons — and yet no country on Earth is ready for the threat, Bill Gates warned world leaders Saturday. No one on his panel at the Munich Security Conference argued with him. “The next epidemic has a good chance of originating on […]

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Poll: Germans are more concerned about Trump’s policies than Putin’s

It’s official: Germans are more worried about President Trump than Russian President Vladimir Putin. That, at least, is the result of a poll published Friday by FG Wahlen for public broadcaster ZDF, in which a whopping 78 percent of Germans asked said they were “very concerned” about Donald Trump's policies, up from 62 percent in […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/02/17/poll-germans-are-more-concerned-about-trumps-policies-than-putins/

In a new letter, Pope Francis tells activists to stand up to populists

Pope Francis isn't taking the Trump party line. Just days before the election, he cautioned against "social walls" and "false prophets" fueling fear and intolerance in politics. "No tyranny finds support without tapping into our fears," Francis said. "This is key. Hence, all tyranny is terrorist." On the day of the inauguration, Francis warned against the rise […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/02/17/in-a-new-letter-pope-francis-tells-activists-to-stand-up-to-populists/