You know, I am confused by the anti-vaccine types.

[Liberal Veteran]

They generally tend to be distrustful of medicine in general and lean toward more natural remedies, but what could possibly be MORE natural than teaching your own immune system how to fight off certain types of infections (many of which can maim, cripple, and kill) by exposing yourself to a non-pathogenic version of the real thing, so you don't have to wait until you are exposed to a potentially lethal infection to produce antibodies and lessen your chance of becoming sick?

I mean, sure, it doesn't have the mystical allure of "herbal teas" and "visualization", but the science is pretty damn sound and easy to understand in principle.

Is it the profit motive that's the real turn off? Would they be okay with say, Gardasil, if a bunch of young democrats developed it in their basement and allowed the formula to be readily used by any and all takers as long as they made no money off it?