Why are some people against vaccine?

These people aren't necessarily stupid. In fact, studies show many educated people are "against" vaccines.

But these people usually aren't educated in the relevant subjects such as science and medicine. Qualification in one field does not transfer to another.

There are many different reasons why some people are against vaccines.

Some people "believe" the risks of vaccines outweigh the benefits- this is demonstrably false.

Some people believe that vaccines are responsible for autism and other childhood illnesses. This has been disproven time and time again.

Some people feel vaccine preventable disease are trivial and vaccines aren't needed because they are rare. They forget the diseases are rare because of vaccines.

Then you've got the conspiracy theories, which to be frank don't stand up to the slightest scrutiny.

You've also got the "natural" brigade who think anything "unnatural" is bad; they forget we are all living longer healthier lives due to "unnatural" things.

Most religions aren't actually opposed to vaccination, it's just fringe groups, which are the minority.

Stories from parents of children supposedly injured by vaccines are also a major reason why some people don't like vaccines. They forget that anecdotes aren't data and far more children are injured by the diseases vaccines prevent.

In short, their reasons for being opposed to vaccination is emotional and based on a number of illogical reasoning's. Their position isn't based on evidence.

Smart people, or stupid people?

Dumb People: Autism rates are on the rise. People like to have someone to blame when something gets wrong. Nobody likes the whole "sometimes bad stuff just happens" argument. A bunch of people hired lawyers to sue vaccine companies. A British position named Wakefield was hired by the lawyers. He then wrote an article that said vaccines cause autism. The study was discredited by the scientific community, but most people can't distinguish real science from psedoscience on the net. Discredited studies still float around the internet. Lawyers argue more persuasively to laymen then scientists. (It's kind of their job).

Smart People: Also, vaccines are given to healthy people. ALL medicines (including herbs and vitamins) have side effects for some people. Give enough people peanuts and a few will die. Unfortunately, it's easy to identify the people who were harmed by a vaccine, but it's tough to figure out which of the people you vaccinated would otherwise have died from, say, Hepatitis complications.

Because there is a vocal minority of people and groups who are fundamentally opposed to vaccination. These anti-vaxxers are very clever at fear mongering, using lies, misinformation and distortions of the truth to scare people away from vaccination.

Anti-vaxxers tend to fall into the conspiracy theorist camp, they are blind to science and evidence, reason and ration. Other simply lack critical thinking skills and are easy marks for the anti-vaxxer loonies.

Vaccination is not just about protecting the individual, its about protecting the entire community. Community immunity is the goal if we are protect those who are unable to be vaccinated, including newborns, the elderly and those with immune system disorders.

There are lots of reasons why some people are against vaccinations. The first is that we here in America give way more vaccinations than other countries, and we also have much higher autism rates. There are lots and lots of studies that have shown that certain vaccines have been linked to autism.

Next, and this one I have to say I believe as well, is that we are giving vaccines that aren't necessary. Any child that is healthy with a proper immune system should be able to fight off things like the chicken pox, and flu. Some believe (not me) that Thousands of kids have survived the measles, mumps and rubella and our children if they come in contact with it would be able to fight it off as well...

Oh and to tie in with the first one is all the conspiracy theorist that believe that the drug companies are putting other things into vaccinations, that can cause different diseases such as autism. And that there is not enough independent research on these vaccines to be able to say that these drug companies aren't selectively killing and/or harming our children.

The last is for religious beliefs. People believe that if you vaccinate your child then you are changing Gods will. You can get cards from the health department to give to schools that say that it is against your religious beliefs to vaccinate your child.