{"id":24928,"date":"2011-12-29T15:34:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T22:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/29\/vaccinate-your-kids-part-2.html"},"modified":"2011-12-30T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T23:00:32","slug":"vaccinate-your-kids-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/29\/vaccinate-your-kids-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Vaccinate Your Kids, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, really. Please do. #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Vineet KewalRamani<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Vaccination as altruism<\/b>
There are people in society (the immunocompromised, newborns, elderly) vulnerable to deadly viral infections that the rest of us can easily prevent through vaccination.<\/p>\n

But if 75 percent to 95 percent of the population around us is vaccinated for a particular disease, the rest are protected through what is called herd immunity. In other words, your measles vaccine protects me [the immunocompromised NY Times Op-Ed writer] against the measles.<\/i><\/p>\n

Obviously people will first act in their own interests, but if there are no scientifically credible data showing harm by particular vaccination, and benefits are clear to the vaccinated and also<\/b> to society at large, why not do it to help protect another?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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No, really. Please do. #ddtb Reshared post from +Vineet KewalRamani Vaccination as altruismThere are people in society (the immunocompromised, newborns, elderly) vulnerable to deadly viral infections that the rest of us can easily prevent through vaccination. 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