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Canada is below the required immunity threshold to sustain elimination. How did we get here?

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The problem is that the voluntarily unvaccinated give the disease the chance to circulate. Once in circulation it will harm some people who are vaccinated and some people who can't be vaccinated. Vaccination is in part an altruistic act that helps protect others. But antivaxers don't seem to understand this notion of doing something to protect other people.