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I think the push back in the US is coming because: (a) people don't see the disease and thus are less scared of it, their imagined consequences of vaccination
by true_religion 12y ago
I think the push back in the US is coming because:
(a) people don't see the disease and thus are less scared of it, their imagined consequences of vaccination
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(b) it appears the government will always choose to vaccinate if a vaccine isn't specifically required to stop disease transmission, the disease itself is not life threatening, and against parental opposition
- einhverfr 12y agoThese but also you can't push varicella vaccinations and such under the same logic as measles vaccinations. BTW, I am against the sort of vaccine proliferation which leads the CDC to push for everyone to get an annual flu shot every year, for every kid to be vaccinated against chicken pox, etc. I think there is a real sense of "oh we have a vaccine to prevent that" and that gets pushed regardless of the severity of the illness. But dividing everything into pro-vax vs anti-vax means we can't have a discussion about when we should be pushing vaccines (measles) and when we really should be leaving it to families to make the decisions (HPV, influenza, chicken pox, etc).