"it's not so much the fear mongering, it's their distrust of scientific studies due to economic incentives." It's fear that fuels that distrust and places the

"it's not so much the fear mongering, it's their distrust of scientific studies due to economic incentives." It's fear that fuels that distrust and places the burden of proof on the pro-vaccine side. A rational person, unmoved by emotion, would see that there's far more reason to trust vaccines than to not. It's not irrational to say there's some reason to scrutinize medical industry studies, but in the case of vaccines there's also overwhelming evidence that they work. Fear turns that small case against the studies into a foregone conclusion which must be disproved, instead of simply the side with less supporting evidence. And it's much harder to disprove something than to provide greater evidence to the contrary.