How do we convince anti-vaxxers to vaccinate themselves and their children? That's a question that we want to know. But we can't get to them.
One problem is that that the name "anti-vaxxer" is not politically correct. According to the website, Data Science Central, the Center of Disease Control (CDC), is technically a monopoly. Other monopolies don't necessarily care about the impact of their intentions. Another problem is that there is an inability to have a reason to doubt them. Most anti-vaxxers believe that vaccines will cause autism. There is no proof that vaccines can cause autism. People can believe in extreme things that vaccines are part of a government conspiracy. Since vaccines are mandatory for schools, parents can lie and say that their children are vaccinated when in reality, they aren't. People can go all natural and refuse to take medication. To pro-vaxxers, not vaccinating your children is a form of child abuse. It goes the same way for anti-vaxxers. They believe if you vaccinate your children, it is a form of child abuse.
Sometimes, articles are posted that are controversial just to make more money. This angers both pro-vaxxers and anti-vaxxers in different ways. If the article supports vaccines slams anti-vaxxers, they will think that pro-vaxxers are judgmental people. The same way goes for an article that slams pro-vaxxers. Pro-vaxxers will think that anti-vaxxers are idiots. Sometimes statistics are not accurate. People who make statistics skew the results to favor a certain group or detest another group of people. There needs to be more truthful articles and statistics otherwise no one will believe that vaccines are good for you. Then there is the sad truth that you can't convince anti-vaxxers to vaccinate. They are sometimes stuck in their own ways. It won't help them to vaccinate themselves if pro-vaxxers bully them.
