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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre
But if you are vaccinated you shouldn't have to worry about un-vaccinated people spreading the disease to you, right?
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Mostly, ja, but not always. There's still the >1% of the people who get vaccinated that don't achieve immunization. Then there are people who have immune diseases and the like that makes them unable to receive the vaccine to begin with. They're the group at the biggest risk here since they literally have zero choice in the matter. The amount of people contributing (or not) to herd immunity are the ones making that choice for them.
Also, eradicating diseases through herd immunity is good because it doesn't allow the disease to mutate into something that we can't immunize or cure.