AUSTIN, Texas — Cheryl Hines was late. Dinner glasses clinked; a DJ played Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” to an empty dance floor. Many in the audience had waited years to hear the actress speak on the issue of vaccines. What was 45 minutes more?
Hines, in a fitted black top and knee-high leather boots, floated onstage. She was met with a standing ovation: The first lady of the anti-vaccine movement had finally arrived.
“Wow,” Hines beamed. “That was such a nice welcome.”…