I'd hate to see you deal with a real issue.

Vaccines are not foolproof, and very recently they were still giving live polio virus vaccines to kids, who then got polio or passed it on to other immunocompromised friends/relatives (they became contagious while not having the disease themselves)...and I wouldn't take the 1/50,000 chance of giving my kids polio so I opted for the inactive injection. The nurses and doctors told me I was wrong to do so but went with the injections...and now that's the standard.

I've done LOTS of research on vaccines, and the main preservative in the multi-use vaccines (most common type) is aluminum, which does cross the blood/brain barrier and is in levels above what the EPA suggests. We are giving our children 2-3, sometimes 4 injections of this stuff at one sitting.

When we were growing up, we were given maybe a dozen injections in our childhood. Now the kids are getting 3 times that. Incidence of allergies and autism are on the rise, and while no direct correlation has been discovered, it's hard not to wonder if there is some risk associated with it.

I would venture a guess that a significant percentage of the moms who choose not to vaccinate their children, or who do so on a differnet schedule, or opt out of the less severe injections, do so with full consideration of the risk/benefits of doing so. I don't know a mom who won't walk through fire for their children, so I fully believe they are making decisions the best they can.

Education is an issue, as some moms read a news story or hear a snippet or are "educated" by their friends and then jump on the bandwagon (GMO use is another "hot topic" that many haven't a clue what they are talking about yet feel strongly and jump on bandwagons without really understanding the reasons, but I digress).  

I chose to go with a modified vaccination routine for my youngest. She only had vaccinations for the most essential infections (those that cause brain swelling and permanent disability) as a young infant. Never had a flu vaccine, got chicken pox naturally, and we're now getting her caught up on MMR and DTaP. We did this fully educated and with intention and her pediatrician was fully on board with our decision. She has not had HepB nor Polio vaccines and likely never will, at least not until she's much older.  

Sometimes people have a genetic disposition for autism or allergies or other things that make them fear causing more issues with unnecessary immunizations. With the high levels of aluminum in the immunizations, I think it's important to really weigh the risk/benefits for your children in your situation and make the best choice you can based on what you learn.

So before you blanket statement on how anyone who doesn't follow your thoughts on medicine (which, btw, is way more art than science), please read up on vaccine controversy and see for yourself how the FDA passes vaccines before they're fully tested, pulling them off the market later after children are hurt, how some vaccines are only on the market because of politics (I can't remember which one, but the disease was fully controlled before the vaccine was ready, but so much money went into the vaccine development, they had the FDA push its use anyhow so they can recoup the cost of the development) ... there is a lot of beaurocracy in the FDA (it's easy information to find) and there are much lower vaccine recommendations in other western cultures without detriment to the children.  

I'll agree that some people do stupid things on very little information, but I don't think most parents in this group fall into that category