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It's interesting how few unvaccinated people are required for the virus to come back. Here in Greece, I only know one person who doesn't vaccinate their child,
by StavrosK 7y ago
It's interesting how few unvaccinated people are required for the virus to come back. Here in Greece, I only know one person who doesn't vaccinate their child, but apparently such low densities are enough for viruses to propagate.
- moviuro 7y agoAccording to the French ministry of health, "the elimination of measles requires a 95 per cent immunization coverage level for young children." [0] I've tried finding some good resource about mathematical modelling of infectious disease, but they're rather dry[1] or clearly biased. [0] https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/prevention-en-sante/preserver-sa-sante/vaccination/vaccins-obligatoires/article/11-vaccins-obligatoires-en-2018 https://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/prevention-en-sante/preser... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_modelling_of_infectious_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_modelling_of_infe...