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• 2 weeks ago

  Vaccines are unquestionably good for society, are they also unquestionably good for the individual?

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• 2 weeks ago

  Vaccines are unquestionably good for society, are they also unquestionably good for the individual?

  @SpatzieLover – thanks for making it tangible.
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• 2 weeks ago

  Vaccines are unquestionably good for society, are they also unquestionably good for the individual?

  @Darwin – thanks for the link. Happily it cites original sources. Unfortunately, it includes of a mix of what looks like credible sources (JAMA, Medical Journal of Australia, Community Disease Surveillance Centre) and what looks to me like not-so-credible sources (The Lancet, The Vine); which makes me doubt the credibility and bias of the article and site. It did include this concluding paragraph, though, which was interesting food for thought: So what are some of the true reasons why disease decreased and disappeared in the last century? “From his book `Health and Healing` Dr Andrew Weil said it best with the following statement: “Scientific medicine has taken credit it does not deserve for some advances in health. Most people believe that victory over the infectious diseases of the last century came with the invention of immunizations. In fact, cholera, typhoid, tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough, etc, were in decline before vaccines for them became available – the result of better methods of sanitation, sewage disposal, and distribution of food and water.””
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• 2 weeks ago

  Did anyone notice the "also publish to Facebook" feature when asking a question?

  I just tried to cross-post my last question to facebook but it didn’t work as far as i can tell. It did post to Fluther. Anyone know why?
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• 2 weeks ago

  Vaccines are unquestionably good for society, are they also unquestionably good for the individual?

  @grumpyfish – good point, my conclusion may be correct but fallacious if only because it ignores the case you raise – being vaccinated in a community that’s vaccinated – which may trump all others in terms of individual and public health. That said, still looking for evidence that a) that’s true – being vaccinated in a community that’s vaccinated is optimal for the individual as well as the community, and b) what the recipe for success is when living in a community afraid of vaccinations (who don’t see the benefits partly because we’re now largely vaccinated).
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• 2 weeks ago

  Vaccines are unquestionably good for society, are they also unquestionably good for the individual?

  I just found this video about Jenny McCarthy’s non-scientific efforts to end/green vaccinataions
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