Over many centuries, as societies developed into more complex institutions, there are many social issues that still occur in our world today. Vaccines have been made to help prevent the causes of more diseases, but with one minor flaw in the structure can lead to immense mayhem. Vaccines that supposedly cause autism are parallel to moral issues within The Crucible because it signifies how easy groups can fall for a false claim and how many are paranoid about what they don’t know. Throughout The Crucible, it is explicitly shown how one person has the influence to start a complication and create more consequences. In the courtroom, Abigail had “ frightened eyes, her awed face… and now Hathorne, Hale, and Putnam do the same” as she states that