"This is a tremendous success story for vaccination, one of many involving once-feared diseases."
This sounds like a fearmonger story to me.
"If antivaxers could be persuaded to use reason instead of superstition, even more children's lives could be saved."
This whole reason vs superstition argument is ridiculous the evidence is clear there is no reason you absolutely have to have a vaccine. You don't have to be a Jabaholic.