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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4475895" data-attributes="member: 63706"><p>It's just like with anything else, you get some people, or a lot of people, who make everyone else look bad. I am not anti-vaccine, per se, hell, I got so many at basic training I'm not even sure what all I've been vaccinated against. But I do think you can have too much of a good thing. They are not a panacea and don't come without risk. For those reasons alone, people should let others make their own medical decisions without painting them as anti-science bafoons.</p><p></p><p>Some people argue herd immunity as a goal of vaccination, but I don't see the logic. If your kid got the measles vaccine, then why should you be concerned about another person's kid not having it? Maybe the concern is that the idea will spread, and too many people won't get a vaccine, and we'll have a run on healthcare resources. But if you want to prevent that, you don't paint the people you disagree with as extremist nutjobs, that leads to polarization and people becoming even more stubborn about their ideas, and distrustful of the other side.</p><p></p><p>You want a vaccine? Get it, then you shouldn't have to worry about people who don't. The immune compromised who can't get vaccines are the ones who need to take the necessary precautions themselves, not force everyone to get a vaccine to make themselves safe. It may not be fair, but I'm not a proponent of people forcing other people to carry their burdens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4475895, member: 63706"] It's just like with anything else, you get some people, or a lot of people, who make everyone else look bad. I am not anti-vaccine, per se, hell, I got so many at basic training I'm not even sure what all I've been vaccinated against. But I do think you can have too much of a good thing. They are not a panacea and don't come without risk. For those reasons alone, people should let others make their own medical decisions without painting them as anti-science bafoons. Some people argue herd immunity as a goal of vaccination, but I don't see the logic. If your kid got the measles vaccine, then why should you be concerned about another person's kid not having it? Maybe the concern is that the idea will spread, and too many people won't get a vaccine, and we'll have a run on healthcare resources. But if you want to prevent that, you don't paint the people you disagree with as extremist nutjobs, that leads to polarization and people becoming even more stubborn about their ideas, and distrustful of the other side. You want a vaccine? Get it, then you shouldn't have to worry about people who don't. The immune compromised who can't get vaccines are the ones who need to take the necessary precautions themselves, not force everyone to get a vaccine to make themselves safe. It may not be fair, but I'm not a proponent of people forcing other people to carry their burdens. [/QUOTE]
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