Are You Pro- Or Anti-vaccines?

1. Have you previously been vaccinated?

YESS!

NOPE

2. Mississippi school systems have started to mandate certain vaccinations for a child to attend school. The only exemption to this law will be a medical reason, like an allergy. Many state that this law takes away a family's freedom of religion because even if their religion prohibits vaccinations, they still need them to attend school. Do you agree or disagree with the Mississippi school systems that are starting to mandate vaccinations for student in order to decrease the amount of diseases going around?

Agree! Compared to other states, Mississippi hasn't had outbreaks of disease recently due to strict vaccination laws and strong public healthcare programs!

Disagree! Parents should choose whether to vaccinate their children! The only way to opt out of vaccines in the Mississippi school systems is if a child has medical reasons but what about religious reasons and individual opinions?

3. How do you feel about putting your children at risk of getting diseases? Do you think that putting them at risk of getting possible side effects from vaccines is better?

Vaccinations have worse side effects like autism and seizures! I don't care about them getting the disease itself!

Vaccines will prevent a child's risk of disease! I don't want to put my children at risk of getting sick from diseases like measles! Unvaccinated children are 22% to 35% more likely to get measles than those who are vaccinated against it!

I don't really care

I don't have children so I have no idea

Exposing my children to diseases can help them fight off the diseases in the future and can even become immune

4. What is herd immunity exactly?

Immunity from cow disease

IDK

Protecting a whole community from disease by immunizing a certain percentage of the population

Protection from disease that isn't necessary in a community

Not sure...but I think it is something that is important for the community!!

5. If you haven't been vaccinated at all or previously chose not to get a certain vaccination...WHY?! (choose all that apply)

Vaccines cause autism in children!

The side effects include: fever, seizures, and even death!

I am allergic

Religious reasons

I don't have healthcare

In order to build up my immune system

Social Media told me not to!

I am very healthy and won't get the disease anyway!

IDK!

Other

I love vaccines! Everyone get vaccinated!

I am dumb

None of the above: I ALWAYS GET VACCINES! THEY SAVE LIVES!

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6. Have you ever heard of the phrase: herd immunity?

Yes, I know exactly what herd immunity is!

Herd? Immunity?

Does that have anything to do with a herd of animals?

Ya... but I don't believe it

7. Who do you agree with? (Check all that apply!)

Doctors that promote vaccines! They go through 12 years of higher education for a reason! Doctors know that vaccines are necessary for oneself and the community.

Parents that choose not to get their children vaccinated. Those vaccines are not good for children, according to some parents who get their opinions on this issue from social media.

School systems, like schools in Mississippi, that mandate vaccines for a healthy community for students and teachers.

Parents that love their children and get them vaccinated since they don't want their children to be at risk for diseases. Their immune systems aren't fully developed yet, so they are more prone to getting diseases. Get your kids vaccinated!

"Doctors" like Andrew Wakefield, the father of anti-vaccine movement, who falsely claimed that vaccines leads to autism

Children because they should choose whether they want vaccines or not....if they are old enough to decide

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8. Do you think that vaccines cause autism in children?