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by creato 2949 days ago
> Take your example of vaccinations. Huge topic, even in my country which is at a 96% protected rate. Misinformation would evidentely be that anti-vaxxers are a significant problem that should be talked about and that we seriously need legislation to enforce vaccination.

> Blatently false, the numbers show it. Having any other opinion is pure science denial.

For measles, the herd immunity threshold is 93-95% [1].

1. http://www.who.int/immunization/sage/meetings/2017/october/2...

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That might be true. I should have added that protection rates are rising.

Even with legislation, you wouldn't achieve a 100% protection rate.

You can also verify the insignificance of this discussion if you look at the victims of measels.

You can always argue that one is one too many and I would agree. But I disagree about the means in case of doubt. But all that is off topic.