I found this statement unbelievable. Furthermore, what exactly does "vaccine researcher" mean? They work in a clinical laboratory setting?
What if you step on a rusty nail confirmed tetanus toxoid positive? Do you think these same people will encourage you to get the vaccine? How about rabies?
I'm pretty sure I can do a risk reward for rabies and have it come on top for the shot. You know, rabies having 100 % mortality rate.
Flu, not so easy (and an ongoing topic of research)
What's unbelievable? That someone with a graduate degree in engineering who sends their kid to private school has a circle of friends that includes medical doctors and other researchers? Or that there are medical professionals that aren't insufferable authoritarians?
What if you step on a rusty nail confirmed tetanus toxoid positive? Do you think these same people will encourage you to get the vaccine? How about rabies?