It appears you’ve never heard of community immunity. Luddites tend to ignore these kinds of concepts even though they benefit greatly from them. It’s a good thing public health in this country is being managed by people smarter than the average Luddite.
And the last time you and your family were innoculated for small pox or polio was .....
IIRC small pox vaccine has not been routine in the US since before the 1970's and polio is not recommended for adults.
And the reason the small pox is not routinely given anymore is that the vaccine pretty much wiped it out as a threat. And AFAIK, the polio vaccine is still being given as part of the normal schedule of childhood vaccinations.
BTW, in the early ‘60’s my older brother at the age of 12, had both Encephalitis and Meningitis as a complication of having had the Mumps. While complications like this are rare and having two complications are even rarer; the likelihood of getting a complication from the disease is much greater than the risk from the vaccine to prevent Mumps in the first place.
My brother came as close to death as one can; deep coma for many days, his veins collapsed, his EKG nearly but not quite flat, he was even given Last Rites by a Priest. The doctors told my parents he probably wouldn’t live and if he did, he’d be severely brain damaged, they told my parents all that was left to do was to pray for him.
He did recover but he spent nearly 3 months in the hospital and had to re-learn to talk, walk and feed himself again because his motor skills were so messed up, his brain having been scrambled pretty good. It took several years before he was fully recovered.
You can be sure my parents were very diligent in making sure I got all my vaccinations. My brother made sure his kids got their vaccinations. And if I had children of my own, I would do the same.
Why are vaccinations against smallpox and polio no longer recommended?