Like you, I had positive experiences with vaccines in the past. I used to get the flu vaccine 'just to be sure'. I stopped having it long ago and was surprised how well I did without it.
I used to believe in general the ridicule of anti-vaxxers was deserved. Then Covid-19 came along and forced me to investigate it myself. Below, I'll put a few images from a court case in which they compared the unvaxxed population with the vaxxed.
The graphic indicate the vaccines were weaponized starting around 1993. It seems what became the bulk of the traditional 'anti-vaxxers' was recognition something was wrong, often with harm to a family member. Most of the rest of us remained asleep until the Covid-19 'vaccine'.
The CDC founded its donor funded (Bill Gates, Soros) foundation in the early 90's. The FDA changed regulations, weaponizing it in the early 90s. And below, you can see it looks like vaccines changed then. It was apparently the green light. For this reason, I think the CIA set up 'anti-vaxxer' ridicule to keep sheep like me asleep, and then use it on anyone who woke up.
Many of past and current 'vaccine' debates devolve in to arguing about the numbers of deaths, eliminating in many cases the impact on quality of life. Covid-19 'vaccines' have caused catastrophic harm to quality of life for so many, and yet they drop off the radar on discussions of vaccine harm which battle over 'cause of death'.
So I'm not anti-vaxx, I'm anti-weaponized vaxx.
I'm glad your son scored loving parents to help him over the hurdles. :D
Click the image to view our many graphs proving the unvaccinated control group is exponentially healthier than the vaccinated.
Click the image for our informational graphic (a demonstrative evidence exhibit) featuring some highlights from our Request for Judicial Notice #3 (“Vaccines Are Made In Communist China”).