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Aren't you only affected by the measles outbreak if you're an anti-vax in the first place... ?
by thatfrenchguy 8y ago
Aren't you only affected by the measles outbreak if you're an anti-vax in the first place... ?
- mprev 8y agoThere are other circumstances in which you might not have had the vaccination, such as when undergoing chemotherapy. In those cases, herd immunity would provide protection for those who can't be get the vaccination themselves.
- wlesieutre 8y agoIn chemotherapy you probably would have had the vaccination, but the vaccination works by training your own immune system against it, and chemo wipes your immune system out.
- AstralStorm 8y agoIf it is this bad you should be staying in a cleanroom. It sometimes is this bad.
- vkou 8y agoNo, some people are immunocompromised, or can't get vaccinated (because they are newborns).
- Someone1234 8y agoChildren receive the MMR at 12 months of age, and the immunity they got from mom may lapse before then. There are also others who are unable to receive regular vaccinations for health reasons.
- modzu 8y agono. young children who have yet to be vaccinated and others who have developing or compromised immune systems are at risk.
- yumraj 8y agoI don't think so, since people could have received the vaccine years ago, and even those who received vaccine recently are not 100% effective. Also, the anti-vaxxer who is affected can argue they were misled or misinformed, or if they are children of anti-vaxxers, not anti-vaxxer themselves. Many possibilities.. Disclaimer: IMNAL.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Aren't you only affected by the measles outbreak if you're an anti-vax in the first place... ? No. (1) There are people that cannot vaccinate for a variety of medical reasons; and (2) Real vaccines are less than 100% effective (I think current measles vaccine is 93% after the first dose, 97% after both), but approximate 100% effectiveness when you have sufficient immunized population because you have a combination of direct immunity and herd immunity, the latter of which is just “you are less likely to get exposed because the people you come in contact with are largely immune.” Anti-vaxxers jeopardise everyone.
- Piskvorrr 8y agoOr too young, or immunodeficient, or your vaccination expired (some of the older models only provide some decades of immunity, where a lifetime protection was expected) etc. Nope, this is not "mere" self-harm: innocent bystanders have already been killed this way.
- thatfrenchguy 8y agoI didn’t know, thanks for the explanation !
- NatoStrut 8y agoWhat everybody else said, but including vaccinations are good but not perfect. If you give 1000 people the vaccine you're not going to see 1000 people now immune to the disease. You need "herd immunity" to help the people who've had the vaccine but who are not immune.