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Public Opinion on Vaccination
In order to maintain a healthy society, it is important to understand public opinion on vaccination. Participants base their decision to vaccinate or to oppose vaccination based on their perception of benefits versus risks from vaccination. Many people fear a low risk of infection from vaccination, and therefore display low willingness to participate. The decision to vaccinate, however, is based on more than just cost versus benefits. It is a decision that individuals make based on their own religion, culture, and political ideologies. For instance, conservatives are less likely to participate in vaccination, or support mandatory vaccination due to lack of trust in government medical officials. Negative public opinion of vaccination is commonly attributed to the discredited 1998 Andrew Wakefield article in The Lancet, Which stated that Vaccination can cause autism in children. This article sparked fear in Parents all over the world, and lead to a large drop in public participation in vaccination. In 2010, The Lancet completely retracted the article, and Wakefield was found guilty of ethical violations, and scientific misrepresentations. Even further, he was later found of deliberate fraud. The publicity of the article, however, did have a strong impact on public opinion. in 2016, The vaccination rate for Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Polio, and DTP were all the lowest that they have ever been since 1998.

Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
The opening paragraph of this article states that widespread use of vaccines results in herd immunity, but does not discuss the meaning of herd immunity. I felt this should have had a subsection of the article, because while it is relevant, as it stands it is a distraction.

Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
This article states that Measles has been eliminated, from most of the world, which was true, but measles has slowly been coming back with lack of participation in vaccination.Later in the article, however, it is addressed that there have been recent cases of measles.

More Information could be placed in the "Opposition to Vaccination" section, regarded demographic information on which populations tend to oppose vaccinating their children, why, and how this information is collected. Additionally, I would like to see a timeline of how support for vaccination has fluctuated over time, and campaigns taking place for or against vaccination.

What else could be improved?
I believe adding a section with statistical data on the effects of vaccination on world health would be a very strong addition to this article.