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I would provide access to the vaccine and individuals could choose whether they wanted to take it. That actually is a really bad idea from a public health pers
by joeyo 16y ago
I would provide access to the vaccine and individuals could choose whether they wanted to take it.
That actually is a really bad idea from a public health perspective. Generally you need well in excess of 50% of the population to be vaccinated before it starts to provide protection to non-vaccinated individuals.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_modelling_of_infectious_disease#The_mathematics_of_mass_vaccination http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_modelling_of_infec...