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(4,238 posts)The importance of vaccines. In the 2019 survey, 84% of adults said it was extremely important or very important that parents get their children vaccinated, down from 94% in 2001. At the same time, 4% of adults said it was not at all important that parents get their children vaccinated, up from 1% in 2001.
Advantages and disadvantages of vaccination. Of those surveyed in 2019, 89% said they had personally heard a great deal or a fair amount about the advantages of childhood vaccinations, up from 73% in 2001. On the other hand, 79% of those surveyed also said they had heard a great deal or fair amount about the possible disadvantages of those vaccinations -- more than twice the percentage of those surveyed in 2001 (39%).
taken form https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/20200318gallupvax.html#:~:text=The%20importance%20of%20vaccines.,aim%20to%20prevent%20both%20increased.
The smear campaign by semiliterate celebrities and kooks like RFK Jr has worked even better since covid.