Comments on: Fuse Shortens on Measles Timebomb http://www.sciscoop.com/2008-11-28-8353-7516.html Scooping up science news and dropping it on your desk Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:03:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: http://www.sciscoop.com/2008-11-28-8353-7516.html/comment-page-1#comment-3310 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:01:57 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=3034#comment-3310 I think it's one aspect of the debate that is often overlooked by those promoting vaccination. They talk about herd immunity and public good, but forget that parents don't want their little antelope to be the one ravaged by lions. I think it’s one aspect of the debate that is often overlooked by those promoting vaccination. They talk about herd immunity and public good, but forget that parents don’t want their little antelope to be the one ravaged by lions.

]]> By: FriendlyBacteria http://www.sciscoop.com/2008-11-28-8353-7516.html/comment-page-1#comment-2656 FriendlyBacteria Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:11:10 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=3034#comment-2656 Yes, one thing I find interesting in this debate is how you can view vaccination (in one respect) as a form of cooperation - herd immunity being a public good, potential side-effects being an individual-level cost. Yes, one thing I find interesting in this debate is how you can view vaccination (in one respect) as a form of cooperation – herd immunity being a public good, potential side-effects being an individual-level cost.

]]> By: http://www.sciscoop.com/2008-11-28-8353-7516.html/comment-page-1#comment-1737 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:51:41 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=3034#comment-1737 As you know, there is NO link between the MMR jab and autism. However, some well-educated parents don't find the herd immunity argument very strong in the face of the genuine side-effects of some vaccines. They ask: why should I protect the herd but risk serious side-effects for my child? Yes, there are potentially debilitating effects of the three diseases (measles, mumps, rubella), no one wants to be afflicted, but the majority of people catching these diseases will not die from them nor end up infertile. Just for the record, both my children had the MMR jab and both are fine. As you know, there is NO link between the MMR jab and autism. However, some well-educated parents don’t find the herd immunity argument very strong in the face of the genuine side-effects of some vaccines. They ask: why should I protect the herd but risk serious side-effects for my child?

Yes, there are potentially debilitating effects of the three diseases (measles, mumps, rubella), no one wants to be afflicted, but the majority of people catching these diseases will not die from them nor end up infertile.

Just for the record, both my children had the MMR jab and both are fine.

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