There are a very low number of antivaxers. Oddly enough, a lot of Measles outbreaks happen in strict religious communities with private schools that wouldn't be

There are a very low number of antivaxers. Oddly enough, a lot of Measles outbreaks happen in strict religious communities with private schools that wouldn't be subject to vaccination laws in public schools anyway. The media has totally blown antivaxers out of proportion. On top of that, there are many people who are very much for MMR, Polio and most of our standard vaccinations, but are weary of newer vaccines like HPV (and get thrown in with all antivaxers). Some vaccines aren't very effective. I was turning in my vaccination records for school once and I was missing my 3rd Hep B shot. You have to have 3 of those in a few months, and if you miss one, you have to start over. A biologist I knew said it only had a 60% take rate, and was one of the most common vaccines that had to be taken again for hospital staff (who are given antibody tests to see which vaccines they need). And on top of all of that, look at what happens when a vaccine is rushed. In the 1970s, 60 Minutes did a documentary on the rush to make a Swing Flu vaccine. Millions were vaccinated with no ill effects, but there were healthy adults that did have long term, permanent neurological damage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMUeZ4vz6cU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMUeZ4vz6cU I had to stop getting flu shots because they'd make the entire side of my body on the injection arm, hurt for days. I'd get extreme fatigue and soreness. It wasn't as bad as the flu of course, but it was painful enough I decided to stop getting them. I had an asshole friend tell me it was psychosomatic (all in my head). I get all my other shots (including Typhoid and Meningitis when travelling abroad) and had no adverse reaction. So I make an active choice that I'm not going to do flu vaccines. This entire situation is dangerous because we're talking about personal autonomy vs some ideological concept of communal good; and we're not discussing it with the delicate discussion and nuance it deserves. You can throw around terms like "antivax" and "antiscience" and it's a religious statement at that point, because you're not addressing the very real ethical concerns people have.