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jeff47

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3. No vaccine is 100% effective.
Mon May 12, 2014, 05:16 PM
May 2014

Which is why herd immunity is so important.

If the vaccine is 95% effective, that 5% needs herd immunity for protection. As vaccination rates drop, herd immunity goes away.

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