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I don't understand how antivaxxers manage to be so incredibly stupid, vaccines are like one of the easier medical concepts to grasp. You introduce your immune system to a danger in a safe way so it knows how to react when that danger arises naturally. Are they also anti fire drill because it's basically the same concept?
They don't trust that medical companies have their best interests at heart, and are motivated by profits. Making people sick is profit.
It really isn't so strange.
And if you google on vaccine side effects, you will find a lot of them. They are rare, but they happen, and when they do, there is no help to be had.
So why is it stupid to be careful? I think it makes sense.
Have you ever heard the phrase "penny wise and pound foolish"? Avoiding vaccines is the opposite of being careful.
You said below it's up to each person to decide and that's true in the sense that people can decide what to put in their bodies, but the relative risk of taking a vaccine vs not is simply a fact. You can have your own opinions but you can't have your own facts.