The thing is, as a kid we got measles and we got time off school (Yay!), but we'd get a booster shot at the time and the wheels of society keep turning as we'd stay at home until we got well enough to go back. I got mumps, german measles and a variety of things kids nowdays get vaccinated for. I've had the chicken pox 3 times and it's relative, shingles, twice (somehow my immune system doesn't learn this one!).

So...why is there now all this fuss to be pre-vaccinated? To me it's like the tetanus shot, if you get pricked by a bit of rusty metal and it's been 10 years, you go and get a shot.

One of the main things that I can think of is that due to a modern society, both parents are working and absolutely need to send their kids to school. This of course can be a big problem without a mandatory, herd-immunity system in place.

> unsubstantiated scares regarding their safety still occur

This is probably because they're not exactly unsubstantiated:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemrix#Narcolepsy_investiga...

- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-11-23/the-fallout-from-a-ba...