 Vaccine skepticism has been linked to the exposure to Soviet communism due to the lack of trusting government and medical advice from doctors as well as in people from the neighborhood. This distrust stems from the experience of living under a communist regime where citizens were not given much autonomy or freedom to make decisions for themselves. As such, individuals who have experienced this type of regime are less likely to trust the government and medical professionals leading them to be more skeptical about vaccinations. This article was authored by Joan Costefont, Jorge Garcia-Hombrados, and Anna Nysinska.