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Morality aside, the concept of "herd immunity" means it works differently. A society (or, a population group) allowing anti-vaxxer nonsense is self-defeating b
by yongjik 8y ago
Morality aside, the concept of "herd immunity" means it works differently. A society (or, a population group) allowing anti-vaxxer nonsense is self-defeating because their people will die out while a neighboring society that does not tolerate such nonsense will live on and prosper.
Yes, this is a comically simplistic view, and shouldn't be taken seriously. I'm just pointing out that the pseudo-Darwinian "let them die" rhetoric actually means "let us die".