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> I am not qualified to answer that. God I wish more people could admit that. Things would be much more sane then. For one, anti-vaxers would be far fewer Bac

> I am not qualified to answer that. God I wish more people could admit that. Things would be much more sane then. For one, anti-vaxers would be far fewer Back to the subject, note that this was limited to some colonies and even there it will not be able to grow to any significant size.

tossAfterUsing 7y ago
> For one, anti-vaxers would be far fewer probably the pro-vaxers, too
- bluGill 7y ago
  If it weren't for the anti-vaxers I wouldn't have to become qualified: I'd just do what my doctor said. Instead I now need to become qualified so I can argue with all these idiots trying to spread diseased that could kill my kids before they are old enough to vaccinated. I have better things to do that learn about medical issues, but I've been forced to become semi-qualified. Now if I just knew of an effective way to argue with anti-vax idiots...
  - kls 7y ago
    You don't need to argue with them, vax your kids and let the anti's die of disease that you and your family are immune to. It is their choice and their freedom of choice. The info is out there if they choose to ignore it, it is their own peril. The part I find interesting is that they try to get other people to become anti-vaxers, when they are by effect more protected by heard immunity when the pool of none vaccinated is smaller.
    - bluGill 7y ago
      That doesn't work. Many vaccines are not effective if given at younger than 18 months so they are not given at all. Since I have another kid on the way there is a large window where my kid isn't protected unless everybody else is vaccinated and thus not spreading disease. Herd immunity works only if the herd is immune.
    - alistairSH 7y ago
      That's not how herd immunity works.
    - bigwavedave 7y ago
      This does not work. Vaccinations aren't just for those being vaccinated, they're also for people like my mother and sister who are immuno-compromised and can't risk being exposed by some unvaccinated kid whose mom was scared they'd develop autism.
ip26 7y ago
But what if I'm not qualified to admit that?
- bigwavedave 7y ago
  Unfortunately, I'm not qualified to answer that.
dang 7y ago
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tossAfterUsing 7y ago

> For one, anti-vaxers would be far fewer probably the pro-vaxers, too

bluGill 7y ago
If it weren't for the anti-vaxers I wouldn't have to become qualified: I'd just do what my doctor said. Instead I now need to become qualified so I can argue with all these idiots trying to spread diseased that could kill my kids before they are old enough to vaccinated. I have better things to do that learn about medical issues, but I've been forced to become semi-qualified. Now if I just knew of an effective way to argue with anti-vax idiots...
- kls 7y ago
  You don't need to argue with them, vax your kids and let the anti's die of disease that you and your family are immune to. It is their choice and their freedom of choice. The info is out there if they choose to ignore it, it is their own peril. The part I find interesting is that they try to get other people to become anti-vaxers, when they are by effect more protected by heard immunity when the pool of none vaccinated is smaller.
  - bluGill 7y ago
    That doesn't work. Many vaccines are not effective if given at younger than 18 months so they are not given at all. Since I have another kid on the way there is a large window where my kid isn't protected unless everybody else is vaccinated and thus not spreading disease. Herd immunity works only if the herd is immune.
  - alistairSH 7y ago
    That's not how herd immunity works.
  - bigwavedave 7y ago
    This does not work. Vaccinations aren't just for those being vaccinated, they're also for people like my mother and sister who are immuno-compromised and can't risk being exposed by some unvaccinated kid whose mom was scared they'd develop autism.

ip26 7y ago

But what if I'm not qualified to admit that?

bigwavedave 7y ago
Unfortunately, I'm not qualified to answer that.

dang 7y ago

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21213955 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21213955 and marked it off-topic.