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18. You've been involved in enough of these threads, and linked to enough literature to know

Tue Jan 13, 2015, 11:39 AM

Jan 2015

that the herd immunity threshold is not 100%.

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Measles outbreak at Disneyland linked to non-vaccinations [View all] groundloop Jan 2015 OP

Unfortunately stupidity only has one cure. hobbit709 Jan 2015 #1

But... but... christx30 Jan 2015 #3

Don't forget freedom rpannier Jan 2015 #7

They get their medical advice Shadowflash Jan 2015 #4

Yup. Shadowflash Jan 2015 #19

Fortunately I live in a country where they have to get the vaccines rpannier Jan 2015 #5

For the most part that's true in the US.... EXCEPT groundloop Jan 2015 #11

Is MOST were unvaccinated a typo? HockeyMom Jan 2015 #8

Unfortunately, no. Indydem Jan 2015 #9

Freedom of choice Thespian2 Jan 2015 #12

No vaccine is 100% effective. jeff47 Jan 2015 #10

No, and this has been explained before. In painstaking detail. AtheistCrusader Jan 2015 #13

+1 HuckleB Jan 2015 #17

This generation just keeps getting dumber. SansACause Jan 2015 #14

Sadly polio is in fact staging a comeback groundloop Jan 2015 #15

Florida Public Schools allow Religious Exemption HockeyMom Jan 2015 #16

Moron anti-vaxxers alcibiades_mystery Jan 2015 #20