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Essential oils don't really deserve the hate. Yes, anyone who imagines they can replace actual medicine is fucking stupid and also a horrible person if they do that to their own child, no doubt. But we shouldn't act like they do absolutely nothing. Things like oils and herbs can be used to treat small problems and supplement medicine, and do work when used correctly for the correct problem.
That being said, I think that today's antivaxxers are less stereotypical hippies and more christofascists and trads.
They're actually an environmental nightmare. It takes 10000 pounds of rose petals to make a single pound of rose oil, for example. They are poisonous to aquatic life and house pets, flammable, lavender and tea tree oils are endocrine disruptors. I don't know what problems you think they solve, but I only ever used peppermint oil when I worked in ER and someone rolled in who had shit their pants, a couple of drops inside a mask and you can continue working without throwing up.