&gt;<i>But that&#x27;s exactly what happens sometimes. Family was ridiculously overprotective of me and crossing roads because my sister got run over by a car.</i><p>Well yes, and it isn&#x27;t the right reaction, not in this case, and neither in the example about vaccination.<p>Of course it&#x27;s also all too human and understandable, but in the end it remains absurd.