First world problems

I don't get people. I really don't. Only where people don't ever see the causes of diseases do they refuse vaccines that are freely available. It drives me nuts.

Someone that I work with posted something to facebook where it drew a direct line between number of vaccines given and number of autistic cases reported per x population. Never mind that the issue could be more complex than that. Never mind that what is considered "autistic" has changed over the last 30 years. Never mind that it's possible that awareness and identification techniques might have improved. Never mind that there has been no proven link between the two, time and time again. No, it's a simple A causes B. I was mad, but I didn't trust myself to actually write anything, so I simply posted a link to the anti-vaccine body count page. If people from her post are interested, they can go there. She thanked me for the link and said that they had chosen not to vaccinate their kids (10 and 8?) but she's always interested in information on the subject.

Have I suddenly changed her mind? Opened up a new avenue of discussion? No, I doubt it.

Have I actually met someone with polio, measles, mumps, rubella or any of the other things vaccines fight against in order to feel I should take the vaccine? No. Do I have to? No. I also don't need to meet someone that's flow through the windshield of their car to know that seat belts are a good thing.

Angry.