Rowan, I wasn't one of the kids who survived measles with no after effects. This was before vaccinations and the whole school I attended had to be closed down with a major epidemic.
For weeks I hovered beteen life and death with pneumonia, too ill to be removed to a hospital (early days of anti-biotics) and when I surfaced found out that my best friend had died.

My mother (who still bore the consequences of childhood polio) was a wise woman who made certain that my sister and myself were exposed to every family and neighbourhood case of rubella during childhood.

I'm not sure about the original idea of arresting parents who, for whatever deeply held belief, refuse immunisation (although my sympathies are for Grab's feelings) but it is essential that real informed decisions are made and not based on any current media scare story.