[grannyg00se]

I have the same type of tendency to make hype sanity checks. I like to go to traffic deaths. Around 35,000 per year in the US. So that sets the bar for what we are willing to accept. Measles seriously affects 1500 people per year. It really doesn't seem like that big of a deal.

But just because some things are worse than others doesn't mean we should ignore the lesser threats. We should do what we can for all threats.

Also, if my kid dies of measles it isn't going to matter that cigarettes and alcohol or anything else is worse for society. Or that my own neglect through diet had set the child on the path to obesity. What's going to matter is that your kid brought measles into the school and caused my kid to die mere days later. That then translates into you having killed my kid because you think you're better than everyone else. It's not a good situation. It'll go over just as well as if you had killed my kid because you drank irresponsibly.