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thanks anti-vaxxers

• spamizbad 8y ago
  Actually it's likely our broken healthcare system and poverty. But they certainly aren't helping.
  • antepodius 8y ago
    Don't forget obesity.
• mrits 8y ago
  Do you have a source of infants dying from vaccine preventable diseases? I was under the impression that some vaccines aren't even administered to infants and the diseases become a problem a little later in life.
  • Xylakant 8y ago
    Infants are generally not vaccinated in the first few month but would have most common shots by the age of 1, with refreshers up to the age of 2. However they do get protected by what’s called “herd immunity” If a sufficient fraction of all other people are vaccinated, diseases cannot spread. So basically the toddler in the family gets protected because the older kids/parents cannot be disease carrying. So yes, anti-vaxxers are a problem for toddlers (and other people that cannot be vaccinated due to other reasons)
• deleted 8y ago
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