EGM's article is armchair quarterback analysis gleaned from reading the popular media rather than reading original sources. EGM violated his own epistemology that demands that one actually do the hard yards of reading everything on the topic before offering an opinion. The Pharma junk science advice in this article, if heeded, will literally kill and maim some kids. I started out where EGM is now (we all do) then I did the hard yards of reading everything and now I know that EGM is catastrophically wrong on this matter.

For those who are new to the topic, start with this TED Talk by Christine Stabell Benn. She explains that only 3 vaccines in the world have more benefits than harms -- oral polio, measles by itself, and BCG (tuberculosis). NONE of those vaccines are available in this U.S. Which means that according to the best vaccine safety researcher in the world ALL of the vaccines on the U.S. schedule cause more harms than benefits.

https://youtu.be/_d8PNlXHJ48

Then read my thesis and the book Dissolving Illusions.