Re:Measles outbreak rages after anti-vaccine groups target v...
by dragonwriter on Saturday May 06, 2017 @09:31PM
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> Could you please elaborate how someone not-vaxing who gets sick can hurt a vaxed person?
Because vaccines, while very effective, are less than perfectly effective. Vaccines have a first order effect of reducing the vaccinated person's chance of getting the disease when exposed, and a second order effect of reducing everyone else's chance of getting exposed.
Because vaccines, while very effective, are less than perfectly effective. Vaccines have a first order effect of reducing the vaccinated person's chance of getting the disease when exposed, and a second order effect of reducing everyone else's chance of getting exposed.