Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAre MRNA vaccines any riskier than other vaccines?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squareAre MRNA vaccines any riskier than other vaccines?Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square51fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSo would you say that vaccines are still needed for all, or just for people like me who are immunosuppressed?
minus-squareSandLight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoHerd immunity only works if the herd is immune. If only a portion of the herd is immune, the rest of the herd will spread disease. It requires a critical mass to work, and it protects those who can not get the vaccine for medical reasons (like allergic reactions, etc.)
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoIt also only works if the herd remains immune. We are now seeing a return of diseases that had previously been eliminated (not eradicated), due to a decline in vaccinations. Examples include measles and whooping cough.
minus-squarealvvayson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s basically the flu vaccine in my opinion. People at risk stand to beneffit most, but it doesn’t need to be mandated .
So would you say that vaccines are still needed for all, or just for people like me who are immunosuppressed?
Herd immunity only works if the herd is immune. If only a portion of the herd is immune, the rest of the herd will spread disease.
It requires a critical mass to work, and it protects those who can not get the vaccine for medical reasons (like allergic reactions, etc.)
It also only works if the herd remains immune. We are now seeing a return of diseases that had previously been eliminated (not eradicated), due to a decline in vaccinations. Examples include measles and whooping cough.
It’s basically the flu vaccine in my opinion.
People at risk stand to beneffit most, but it doesn’t need to be mandated .