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It's called herd immunity, and they're undermining it.
by conjectures 7y ago
It's called herd immunity, and they're undermining it.
- ScottFree 7y agoAre they, though? I was under the impression anti-vaxxers are a tiny minority of mostly crazy people. Do we have hard numbers of the number of kids not getting vaccinated?
- teh_klev 7y agoFollow the links in the article. For example: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/19/mmr-vaccine-one-in-seven-five-year-olds-in-england-may-not-be-immunised https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/19/mmr-vaccine-... The figures are sourced from Public Health England which is part of the UK Government. Also in the article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/29/lives-at-risk-from-surge-in-measles-across-europe-experts-warn https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/29/lives-at-ris... Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed nearly 90,000 cases and 37 deaths were reported across 48 of the 53 countries in the WHO European region in the first six months of 2019. The data is coming from reputable sources. > mostly crazy people Sadly there's plenty of non-crazy parents who've spent far too much time believing the conspiracy theories and rubbish that originated from Andrew Wakefield's[0] bogus claims. I have a friend who's grandchildren haven't yet been vaccinated because their parents believe this rubbish. These are not crazy people. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield