Don't Need Those Shots?

So, increasingly I am reading of well intentioned parents who are refusing to have their children inoculated for anything.  I read one interview in which the mother explained that she did not think diseases like Measles and Mumps posed the threat that the inoculation carried.  I read this through the glasses I need because I am legally blind due to a bout with the measles in 1951.  I remember this illness like you might remember a dream.  My mother was a registered nurse and taking every care, had me shut in a dark room for the length of the illness.  My fever was high enough that the itching rash was only a minor item compared to the lightheaded dreamy state that was the norm.  My throat was so sore I could not eat, anything, for almost five days. I listened to the radio when I was conscious but the sounds blurred in my ears and just floated away.  The measles brought conjunctivitis which , in spite of my mothers best efforts, permanently damaged my eyesight,  Even then I was lucky.  Two boys in my glass contracted the mumps and discovered, years later, that they were sterile and could not have children.   The year I had the measles, several other children were also sick and died.  As of today there is no treatment for measles or mumps

I understand why many parents are looking askance at inoculation.  I just wonder if they understand the strength and force of the enemy inoculation can stop.