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MohRokTah

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6. Not everybody can get vaccines.

Reply to dilby (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 8, 2015, 12:27 PM

Jan 2015

There is a small percentage of people who cannot be vaccinated due to medical necessity.

These people depend upon herd immunity to keep from catching diseases like measles.

Statistically, at least 8 of the people chose not to get vaccinated, but there's a chance at least 1 could never be vaccinated due to medical necessity.

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Thanks, Anti Vaccination Crusaders! [View all] Initech Jan 2015 OP

Those 9 people should have been vaccinated, it's there fault. dilby Jan 2015 #1

Or, more likely, their parents' fault. WillowTree Jan 2015 #3

yes, as babies they should have demanded to be vaccinated lame54 Jan 2015 #4

Two were too young to receive the vaccinations. I don't think it's there (sic) fault. LanternWaste Jan 2015 #5

I know nichomachus Jan 2015 #7

Not everybody can get vaccines. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #9

First whooping cough, then mumps, now measles. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #2

It's not just the wacko faith healers iandhr Jan 2015 #8

speaking of, have you seen this little gem: phantom power Jan 2015 #10

Those 9 people will now never need a measles vax or booster HockeyMom Jan 2015 #11

I had measles and mumps when I was a kid. MiniMe Jan 2015 #12

My next door neighbor is deaf from the mumps. nt. Mariana Jan 2015 #13

What a ridiculous response. HuckleB Jan 2015 #14

And if they die of it, lucky them! Starry Messenger Jan 2015 #15