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What's the impact in terms of affected people. Hundreds of millions of children being vaccinated, millions of them not dying young, dramatically changing the dy
by nindalf 8y ago
What's the impact in terms of affected people. Hundreds of millions of children being vaccinated, millions of them not dying young, dramatically changing the dynamics of societies where women can now choose not to have multiple children.... or a few hundred people getting measles. I'm not saying the anti-vax thing isn't a problem. I'm saying that the improvements and advancements have a higher impact on society than what a few idiots choose to do. And yet we read much more about the latter.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoThe issue of people not vaccinating is specifically one which can spiral out of control very easily, as the tools we have to fight the disease don't work once herd immunity is lost, hence sounding the alarm bells is warranted. Actually, now that I think about it, perhaps if the history of vaccines and the success had been more widely disseminated, then we may not have had this anti vaccine problem. I agree that it would be nice to read more about successes.