Antivax types are all anti pushing vaccine on to people but if they don’t want to get vaccinated then it still won’t affect vaccinated folks. From my rough understanding, getting vaccinated keeps you alive or get less severe symptoms, but you can still pass it on.

So if antivax people don’t get it, then why not just let them die?

Edit: guys, I’m not antivax, I just don’t understand how herd immunity works.

  • wewbull@feddit.uk
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    9 days ago

    No, because medicine needs to be personalised to the individual. There can be no right thing for everyone. People can have allergies, auto-immune conditions, or other conditions which make the application of a treatment dangerous or ineffectual.

    And then you have the principle of bodily autonomy. Nobody has the right to make medical decisions about your body except you (or whoever is your legal guardian).