Vaccine "skepticism" would have been practically zero in 1970. A rollout would just been made available, and doctors would offer/recommend it while their patients went along with it without question. Science was still producing miracles and wonders and magics for a population that still contained of living memory of the wild west.
Hell even by 1990 it was either religious objection to the very idea of modern medicine playing god, or total objection to any and all chemicals that kept a small portion from getting them. Not much direct complaint with vaccines as the "we cured smallpox" propaganda was almost universally excepted. It wasn't until the MMR (banned in multiple countries) that a genuine concern began to grow and propaganda had to be created to protect corporate interests. The "anti-vax" movement exploded in the last decade, and again in the last year, and still may be a minority view.
Vaccine "skepticism" would have been practically zero in 1970. A rollout would just been made available, and doctors would offer/recommend it while their patients went along with it without question. Science was still producing miracles and wonders and magics for a population that still contained of living memory of the wild west.
Hell even by 1990 it was either religious objection to the very idea of modern medicine playing god, or total objection to any and all chemicals that kept a small portion from getting them. Not much direct complaint with vaccines as the "we cured smallpox" propaganda was almost universally excepted. It wasn't until the MMR (banned in multiple countries) that a genuine concern began to grow and propaganda had to be created to protect corporate interests. The "anti-vax" movement exploded in the last decade, and again in the last year, and still may be a minority view.