(April 10, 2015 at 10:49 pm)Darkstar Wrote:(April 10, 2015 at 9:31 pm)Heywood Wrote: One of my conclusion is this: There can exist situations where the parents behave optimally by not vaccinating their kids. Vaccinations do convey some risk to those that receive them. Its small but it is real.I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you mean something like sever allergic reactions (in which case you might be right) and aren't implying that vaccines pose a meaningful risk to the general population.
That was my intent. However I understand that there are some good, peer reviewed, studies which suggest a link between vaccinations and autism. There are more studies which suggest there are no links.
Quote:As you can see, some of the state vaccination rates are dangerously close to, or have already, dropped below the minimum required to maintain herd immunity from certain highly contagious diseases. Unless there is a serious medical reason that an individual should not be vaccinated, to forgo vaccination is not only stupid by socially irresponsible.
Most people are not very good at making risk assessments. I believe individuals have the right to be stupid. It is the rights of the herd I haven't settle on.
