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> It's astounding how the more educated and affluent areas are the ones with the highest level of exemptions. Not necessarily. There's also a tragedy of the co
by rlpb 11y ago
> It's astounding how the more educated and affluent areas are the ones with the highest level of exemptions.
Not necessarily. There's also a tragedy of the commons here. If all children but mine are vaccinated, then my child is the safest, since I avoid both disease risk and vaccination risk.
So it can actually be rational to not vaccinate on an individual basis, depending on the state of vaccinations in the population. (On the other hand it is also rational to support a law forcing everything to vaccinate, since that fixes the tragedy by fiat).
- mc32 11y agoWhat vaccination risk are you referring to, other than people with identified risk, immune deficiency, ec. There is no risk posed by vaccinations. One other point, is while a local population might be vaccinated, you don't know who is coming in and out, i.e. going through town, one of those could be carrying the disease, so it's still irrational.