Public safety vs. choice on vaccines

In 1955, my brother and sister died of polio. My sister was 20, and my brother was 17. The polio vaccine had been developed that year, but was not widely available. If my siblings had been able to receive the vaccine, they most likely would be alive today. Politicians and parents who view vaccination as an option based on individual rights are misguided. Public health safety trumps individual choices. Rather than use magical thinking to direct their actions, I advise them to use scientific research. MARY R. MOORE, ATLANTA