But it all depends on the type of vampire. Some of those things don't work against every kind.
Scared people en masse are more terrifying than vampires.
I don't agree. I think there might have been more. Not to mention the possibility of government or private forces coming in to confiscate the Dreamers, the vampires, and dissect them in the name of science and protection.
We're protecting our own as much as we're protecting the public.