I’m gonna take flak for this, but the majority of anti-vaxxers are women, and have 2 things in common:
- a negative experience with a doctor in the 2 years preceding their initial interest in anti-vaxx, where they didn’t feel their concerns were taken seriously (there are refs for this) - fear of guilt for possible future harms caused by acts of commission more than acts of omission (not sure if there are refs for that, but i have seen it in several dialogues on and offline)
One thing seems to counter anti-vaxx well: a trusted GP
Ray Taylor says:
https://www.facebook.com/mati.roy.09/posts/10158690001894579