This is a good point. We humans do have powers, dampened now but still accessible, to decide for ourselves which bits of the information we receive from outside of ourselves resonates with inner selves. I do agree with this.
MMR so horrible!!! I lived in Rockland County NYS when the measles scare took over all else. There is a large orthodox Jewish community there that does not vaccinate. The hate that was directed at that population, who were heroically standing up for medical freedom, was shocking.
We are regularly assaulted, systematically conditioned, to react without thinking.