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> ... but there was no expectation it would ever be 100 percent Not sure where this straw man argument came from but I'll bite. The point isn't to get a certa
by cletus 8y ago
> ... but there was no expectation it would ever be 100 percent
Not sure where this straw man argument came from but I'll bite.
The point isn't to get a certain number of people vaccinated and never was. The point is to eliminate preventable diseases that can be deadly or cause permanent harm (eg paralysis, infertility). To do that you need herd immunity, which is typically quoted at 95%+ immunity.
The US achieved this and "eliminated" measles in 2000 but thanks to promulgating baseless falsehoods and people losing the memory of the effects of diseases, immunization rates began to fall and diseases that were effectively eliminated returned.
While you seem to want to paint anti-vaxxers as those simply having a bad reaction, I beg to differ. Even if true, the tactics border on the truly abhorrent [1].
Some people genuinely can't get vaccines. This is also why vaccination never will be at 100% and why it's important that anyone who medically can get a vaccine should as that herd immunity protects the vulnerable.
[1] https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/19/health/anti-vax-harassment-eprise/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/19/health/anti-vax-harassment-ep...
- DoreenMichele 8y agoWhile you seem to want to paint anti-vaxxers as those simply having a bad reaction No, and I'm not sure how to more clearly state that isn't my point. Certainly at this point, it's a movement and there are latecomers who believe in it without having been personally burned. But I spent some years on a forum where active members were people trying to resolve serious health issues and being dismissed by mainstream medicine as nutters in a way they found very personally threatening because of their history. Some of those people were very well educated and articulate. If you radicalize a small group of persuasive people, it shouldn't be shocking when the result is some kind of movement born of their efforts at self defense for survival reasons.
- masonic 8y agodiseases that were effectively eliminated returned Measles doesn't spontaneously (re)appear in a population on its own; it's always imported.