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Maybe the prominent anti-vax campaigns in the US and their proselytizing on the internet have contributed to the sentiment overall but there's always been mistrust of vaccines around the world. Most of the current anti-vax rhetoric about the autism link was first put forward by a British doctor https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673605756968/fulltext