One of my middle school classmates (from India) had leg deformities from polio, and could not walk without the help of crutches. He couldn't participate in most school activities, and was teased often. I wasn't able to find out why he wasn't vaccinated, but he was from a wealthy family so we always assumed they were in the anti-vaccination camp. Can you imagine being in his place? He has to suffer for his entire life because of a dumb decision that his parents made.
BTW I realize that polio vaccination does not require painful injections, but just pointing out that there are severe downsides to not vaccinating your child. Most certainly severe than a few jabs.
I'm definitely dancing to the Dr's office with my kids to get them vaccinated (when scheduled). There are a lot of vaccines early on, which makes sense, because little kids are highly vulnerable. It eases up as they get older; it's been years since either of my kids got jabbed.
Then we get some shots.
Then we do another dance, which has an accompanying song entitled "I just extended you lifespan!"
We also talk about how we're going to get more vaccinations before our next trip because the India has crazy mosquitos and Costa Rica could have bad water.
Vaccinations are wondrous. It isn't that much work to get your expectations to match.
Is someone claiming they love to dance to the doctor to see their child in pain?
I have a newborn. He has been upset, in pain, and sick in his first 6 months - we always try to do what is best for him, our family, his health, and public health. Dancing or allowing his discomfort to heavily bias our decisions never even remotely occurred to us.
Most kids just cry for a bit and get a sore arm, a statistically small percent get a true adverse reaction. It's simply not worth the risk to not vaccinate.