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I think knowing this it is stupid to encourage the vaccination of children under 2. Under one year olds have half of deaths and a big enough share of life threa
by nasmorn 12y ago
I think knowing this it is stupid to encourage the vaccination of children under 2. Under one year olds have half of deaths and a big enough share of life threatening issues for all children under 15. Now every time they get a shot and then die/have a real issue, the mechanic of guilt and control will make parents want to find a culprit. Given that most of the life saving of vaccination doesn't come from individual but rather mass immunization it is probably not the greatest strategy nowadays to fixate so much on the immunization of babies as a strategy. Society should rather aim at getting more people immunized long term. I for one find it utterly perplexing that in Austria where I live there is no immunization strategy except immunizing babies. Grown ups have to pay for their own shots, cannot get blood levels done easily there is no information except for tick vaccination because it is paid by pharma marketing dollars. Getting vaccinated in a society with good vaccination rate is like a blood donation. There is almost zero individual benefit. Society should recognize it and make it painfully easy and beneficial to do so.
I am pro vaccination but I hate how it is turned into a moral question rather then a simple numbers game it is. And yes I realize the game involves people dying but so does every single transportation decision or policy. This is no different