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> just another public health failure It's not a public health failure. It's a failure (or rather a "success") of organized groups to convince people not to get
by smt88 3y ago
> just another public health failure
It's not a public health failure. It's a failure (or rather a "success") of organized groups to convince people not to get vaccinated.
What mechanism could public health orgs possibly have to convince, for example, Hasidic Jews in New York to get their children vaccinated?
- nisegami 3y ago>What mechanism could public health orgs possibly have to convince, for example, Hasidic Jews in New York to get their children vaccinated? Arresting the parents would work
- smt88 3y agoYou can't do that in the US, and no public health org makes those decisions anyway.
- oldgradstudent 3y agoThe largest group of people with no immunity to measles may be middle aged people who got vaccinated as children. At the time, only a single dose was included in the vaccination schedule, and immunity may fade with time.