I do agree with you about risk vs benefit for vaccines. It's totally obvious that widespread vaccination has vastly improved human health. No question about it.

I do agree with you about risk vs benefit for vaccines. It's totally obvious that widespread vaccination has vastly improved human health. No question about it. However, as you say, there are occasional adverse reactions to vaccination. And how that's perceived is very different for individuals vs public-health systems. Public-health systems focus on reductions in epidemic risk. And they address adverse reactions by compensating those affected. But individuals see only the adverse reactions. In themselves or their kids, if they're unlucky. Or in news from family and friends, or in news reports. Statistics about effects of mass vaccination on public health are just too abstract. And on top of all that, as I've argued, governments have often lied. And do lie. For many reasons. The EPA is lying on a huge scale, now, in rolling back various protective rules.