The more you know about vaccines, the less the psychologically work. Moment 86

Beyond their substantive health benefits (and setting aside here issues of harms or low efficacy), vaccines are a psychological crutch. Individuals feel as if they’ve been injected with a magical elixir of cleanliness and protection against the unclean, and that can motivate them to get back out into society. But, the more they know about the real complexities, the more the magic wisps away.