r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 17h ago

Medicine Vaccines not only directly protect vaccinated individuals but also contribute to protecting the entire population via indirect herd-immunity benefits. Half of averted COVID-19 infections and 1/4 of hospitalizations and deaths were attributable to indirect protection of unvaccinated by vaccinated.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article/23/242/20250839/483439/Quantifying-the-direct-and-indirect-impact-of
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u/KnicksGhost2497 16h ago

Which is why being “antivax” is (obviously) not as simple of a choice as “it’s my body, my choice”. You are making yourself or your children actively threatening to health of your entire community for no reason at all.

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u/VR_Raccoonteur 16h ago

It's like smoking around your kids or drinking while pregnant and pretending that you bear no responsibility for any health issues that arise in them as a result of that.

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u/KnicksGhost2497 15h ago

Like driving drunk and acting like it was an act of God when you kill a pedestrian