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Free riding is one of the fundamental problems of coordinated human action. If you take away disincentives to free riding, people will free ride. If there is a

by defen 10y ago

Free riding is one of the fundamental problems of coordinated human action. If you take away disincentives to free riding, people will free ride. If there is a big outbreak of disease because of, the backlash could potentially be even worse than the disease.

lend000 10y ago
This isn't the same as socialist free-riding, because the people who chose to vaccinate (or 95% of them, if the vaccine is 95% successful) are inherently enjoying a different privilege during disease outbreaks, by not getting sick. Flu season is a great example of this -- people who don't want to get sick get vaccinated and shouldn't care whether you do. They only get sick if the vaccine covers the wrong strain (i.e. it was useless) or in the occasional event of failure.
- defen 10y ago
  Using the flu example - people who aren't vaccinated can be carriers without symptoms who can then infect others - for example elderly or immunocompromised people who can't receive the vaccine.
  - lend000 10y ago
    As can people who received the vaccine, especially in the immediate week following: http://www.westonaprice.org/press/public-health-officials-know-recently-vaccinated-individuals-spread-disease/ http://www.westonaprice.org/press/public-health-officials-kn... If vaccines had no flaws, this would be easy. But they are far from flawless, so the cost-benefit analysis does not seem compelling enough to forcefully subject people to medical procedures, in my opinion. There's still the argument for doing what's best for the children, but that's a bit different, and no less controversial (whether the state or the parents should have the final say). Based on your other posts ("Do you think that is the logic employed by even one out of 100 anti-vaccination people?"), it seems like you care more about dispelling some of the illogical arguments of 'anti-vaxxers' than you care about actual issue itself.

by defen 10y ago

lend000 10y ago

This isn't the same as socialist free-riding, because the people who chose to vaccinate (or 95% of them, if the vaccine is 95% successful) are inherently enjoying a different privilege during disease outbreaks, by not getting sick. Flu season is a great example of this -- people who don't want to get sick get vaccinated and shouldn't care whether you do. They only get sick if the vaccine covers the wrong strain (i.e. it was useless) or in the occasional event of failure.

defen 10y ago
Using the flu example - people who aren't vaccinated can be carriers without symptoms who can then infect others - for example elderly or immunocompromised people who can't receive the vaccine.
- lend000 10y ago
  As can people who received the vaccine, especially in the immediate week following: http://www.westonaprice.org/press/public-health-officials-know-recently-vaccinated-individuals-spread-disease/ http://www.westonaprice.org/press/public-health-officials-kn... If vaccines had no flaws, this would be easy. But they are far from flawless, so the cost-benefit analysis does not seem compelling enough to forcefully subject people to medical procedures, in my opinion. There's still the argument for doing what's best for the children, but that's a bit different, and no less controversial (whether the state or the parents should have the final say). Based on your other posts ("Do you think that is the logic employed by even one out of 100 anti-vaccination people?"), it seems like you care more about dispelling some of the illogical arguments of 'anti-vaxxers' than you care about actual issue itself.