Am I the only one who doesn't actually care what anti-vaxxers do?
It's their purpose of life and happiness. If they want to die from easily preventable diseases, who am I to tell them otherwise.
It's their purpose of life and happiness. If they want to die from easily preventable diseases, who am I to tell them otherwise.
That general principal for any number of partially or fully controllable diseases.
But how far does that go?
How much can I assert control over general sexual behavior because I want to contain AIDS?
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/19/mmr-vaccine-...
The figures are sourced from Public Health England which is part of the UK Government.
Also in the article:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/29/lives-at-ris...
Data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed nearly 90,000 cases and 37 deaths were reported across 48 of the 53 countries in the WHO European region in the first six months of 2019.
The data is coming from reputable sources.
> mostly crazy people
Sadly there's plenty of non-crazy parents who've spent far too much time believing the conspiracy theories and rubbish that originated from Andrew Wakefield's[0] bogus claims. I have a friend who's grandchildren haven't yet been vaccinated because their parents believe this rubbish. These are not crazy people.
As others have already mentioned it also reduces herd immunity that's needed to protect people who cannot get the vaccine for legit medical reasons: allergy, cancer treatment, recent coma, etc.