Not altogether true. Although vaccines will increase resistance, they do not provide total immunity. If you are vaccinated against measles, for example, and are almost never near the measles germ, you won’t get measles. However, if you are surrounded by people with active measles cases, you are much more likely to contract measles, whether you have been vaccinated or not. So, although vaccinated children are less likely to contract those diseases, their odds of contracting them are much higher when in the company of those who are not vaccinated. Non-vaccinated kids are a danger to all children in their circles, not just themselves.So anti-vax parents are not only putting their own kids at risk, but the children of others. Talk about an undeserved feeling of privilege.
And let’s cut to the meat of the matter: who started this anti-vax movement? Jessica Simpson? Why would anyone expect her to know anything about medicine, and why would anyone be willing to risk the lives of their children because of what she had to say?
In a People-magazine world, way too many people listen to the wrong people for the wrong reasons.
If Kim Kardashian were to tell us we need to stop getting regular dental checkups, how many would be willing to let their teeth rot out of their mouths as a result?
Not altogether true. Although vaccines will increase resistance, they do not provide total immunity. If you are vaccinated against measles, for example, and are almost never near the measles germ, you won’t get measles. However, if you are surrounded by people with active measles cases, you are much more likely to contract measles, whether you have been vaccinated or not. So, although vaccinated children are less likely to contract those diseases, their odds of contracting them are much higher when in the company of those who are not vaccinated. Non-vaccinated kids are a danger to all children in their circles, not just themselves.So anti-vax parents are not only putting their own kids at risk, but the children of others. Talk about an undeserved feeling of privilege.
And let’s cut to the meat of the matter: who started this anti-vax movement? Jessica Simpson? Why would anyone expect her to know anything about medicine, and why would anyone be willing to risk the lives of their children because of what she had to say?
In a People-magazine world, way too many people listen to the wrong people for the wrong reasons.
If Kim Kardashian were to tell us we need to stop getting regular dental checkups, how many would be willing to let their teeth rot out of their mouths as a result?