It is a small fringe of people who believe things like that; just unfortunately these same people are the most likely to catch the disease (and be unable to afford decent treatment).
Perhaps not a majority, but definitely a "large" number by my reckoning.
http://healthcare.thomsonreuters.com/npr/assets/NPR_report_v...
I would be much more tolerant of the people who are afraid of vaccines, if it wasn't for the risk of them hurting other people with their decisions.
That one fact alone shows how truly reckless people who refuse to get their offspring vaccinated are.
"My child ate chicken that was vaccinated, and it gave my child autism!"
On second thought, don't want to give them any ideas...
If forbes really are addressing those people, it's hardly helpful to describe the fact that vaccines work as "amazing".
It's lending weight to the idea that it's surprising that the vaccine worked.
Even if I was addressing flat-earthers, I still wouldn't call it "amazing" that a round-the-world yacht race ended in the same place that it started.
To the remaining, thinking public, you're right. It's not amazing at all.