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companion
· 6 years ago
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This implies they live long enough to go to school
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born2fly
· 6 years ago
wtf guys it doesnt mean that you die if you dont get vaxxed... My mum didn't vax me (only polio when i was born) and i'm still alive and feeling good (26 now). I never had any bad disease, never had fever that was above 38° C. 1. it doesnt mean that you're save just because you got vaxed and 2. it doesnt mean that you'll get a disease/die if you're not vaxxed. Additionaly to that is my father which now is already like 80 years old, he never had any bad disease and just 10 years ago got his appendix removed. This post is really overdramatized^^
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igotzapped
· 6 years ago
This is because you benefited from something called herd immunity. That is when most of a population is vaccinated, preventing an outbreak and protecting those who cannot be vaccinated. The percentage varies, but to have herd immunity, 83-94 percent of a population must be vaccinated. With the rise of antivaxxers, that overall percentage has dropped, exposing everyone who can and cannot be vaccinated to diseases we haven't seen in decades.
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shortiezrevnege
· 6 years ago
I have a compromised immune system so I LOVE everyone that gets vaccinated lol Okay, maybe not, but I greatly appreciate the herd!
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igotzapped
· 6 years ago
The herd is a good thing haha! But really, @born2fly you can see in real time what happens when people don't vaccinate their children. Measles is spreading like wildfire in Europe, and there are now outbreaks of measles, mumps, chicken pox, and other childhood diseases in the US in numbers that haven't been seen in years.
igotzapped
· 6 years ago
And if it's because you are concerned about preservatives in the vaccines, those have been largely decreased or swapped out for something better, largely because of improved preservation techniques in refrigeration, and the discovery of better biological compounds.
born2fly
· 6 years ago
do you have proof for the decreasing of the preservatives? I don't really trust the pharmaindustry and i think it's a huge profit making construct, that doesn't really try to keep us healthy. In the best way it tries to keep us addicted to its drugs (ritalin, antidepressants,...). That's what concerns me also about vaccinations... I'm not quite sure if its better or not to be vacciinated but i'm not really afraid to get measles, although i live in Europe. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and keeping my Immune System strong is in my opinion also helping me to stay healthy and not get those diseases (even if i'd be exposed to them)
