Just for the record:
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All people opposed to vaccination I spoke to are “concerned”, not “opposed”.
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They all let doctors apply some vaccinations, but were concerned about “superfluous” ones, and, especially, combined vaccinations. Also, they didn’t like their kids to be vaccinated “so often, in such short intervals”. (That’s babies, mind!)
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All of them had had higher education, and were generally amiable and intelligent. Some of them were pursuing or already holding a PhD in a life science.
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None of them would change their mind and admit they were not thinking this through when I showed my disdain and tried to argue with then.
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When confronted with people critical towards vaccination more often, I started to think about my own approach. Since I worked in parts of the world where vaccinations against, e.g., typhoid fever are recommended (and already saved my life, most likely), I thought my doctors would have checked and I would have all the “normal” stuff refreshed.
I realised only last year that my own vaccinations are not complete, and that I never received vaccinations for mumps, measels, and rubella. Actually, I am going to a doctor TODAY to change that. That’s part of my motivation to write in this thread. My idea is to start with myself. And continue the discussion, but informed and with little to no presumptuousness. (sighs)
