Cartoonist Tim Campbell, with the Washington Post News Service & Syndicate, did just that last month, with his editorial cartoon depicting a sick little girl covered in spots, clinging to an IV drip. The title read: "Children of Anti-Vaxxers are Easy to Spot."

When did it become fashionable to make fun of sick children? When the companies that manufacture vaccines, and also spend billions of dollars each year on advertising, decided it was time to start demonizing anyone who didn't use enough of their products. (Products, by the way, for which these manufacturers are not held liable, should those who use them come to any harm.)