I'm still not 100 % sure if we took the right choice but we are going for the recommended shots here in Japan and maybe later in Germany.
The right choice is to get children vaccinated, so you made the right choice. The antivaccination movement was cooked up by lawyers who just wanted reasons to sue people. Lots of money to be made in health, and even more so if you can spread enough disinformation to start a movement.
But surprisingly so many educated people are defending this anti-vax theory these day. Even some of my friends who then became very serious about it. And they always hold up the latest graph and statistic to proof their point and it becomes tough to debate against it.
People are easily manipulated. Regardless of education level. The latest graph and statistic? Well there isn't any data which supports their viewpoints. The publications are all shoddy work, pay for play journals... The major points anti-vaxers tout is have been thoroughly debunked. This is not to say they are without any risk and complication, because they aren't, there are potential complications to ANY medical treatment, but overall the net benefit of vaccination so far outweighs the net downside its not even worth a conversation over.
Well said.
I agree, that's why I keep out arguing about this