Vaccines: Low trust in vaccination 'a global crisis'

[John 6IX Breezy]

Herd immunity. There are people that can't have vaccines for mefical reasons, like allergies to components, immune system compromised, etc. Anti vaxxers beyond putting their children at risk, put others children at risk, for no reason, just weird thinking.

I haven't studied herd immunity yet, so at a glance I'm not entirely sure how it works. I think my confusion stems from not knowing how vaccines work in terms of immunity. The term immunity gives the impression of not being affected by something; I can have a virus in my system and it doesn't make me sick, I'm immune to it. But the term also seems to be used antagonistically; your system is better at attacking the disease.

If immunity means my body is unaffected by the disease, then herd immunity shouldn't work, because the disease is still present and carried by the population.

But if immunity means your body attacks the disease then it makes sense for the herd to benefit.