do not fall for it.And do not forget to read the full article in The Atlantic by Shannon Brownlee: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200911/brownl...Why">http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200911/brownl...Why</a> people get vaccinated: SuperstitionReading everything you have read here, you might wonder: Why do people get vaccinated at all?The reason is because no one knows whether they work or not, so people keep on taking them just in case.