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(Score: 3, Interesting) by Capt. Obvious on Tuesday March 15 2016, @03:20PM
There is a game-theoretic reason to not vaccinate. Vaccinations cause a negative reaction in a very small percentage of the population. Herd immunity is almost as good as vaccination if everyone else is vaccinated. Therefore, you benefit slightly from not vaccinating. These kind of "I can benefit if I'm the only one to do it" lends itself to game-theoretic solutions.
That said, it's extremely immoral. And even if TFA is correct and the newly vaccinated are the proximate cause, the unvaccinated are the ultimate cause.
IIRC, people on immunosuppresants, or otherwise with compromised immune systems already have their exposure to vaccines and vaccines in their family.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday March 15 2016, @08:42PM
That said, it's extremely immoral. And even if TFA is correct and the newly vaccinated are the proximate cause, the unvaccinated are the ultimate cause.
Exactly, and how did TFS fail to point out that while still having room to make the totally unsupported statement:
the popular press is mostly owned by companies with large stakes in pharmaceuticals
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