Not far off, Molecular Biology PhD who likes numbers too. I have a feeling most of the Pigg’s are numbers people 😉 I’m glad you found my explanation clear and helpful.
[quote=bobby]you must be a math major (stat), pediatrician or epidemiologist.
well put.
I am a physician who love numbers (engineer in previous life) and can’t explain as well as you did
But this argument is similar to saying that some people would be better off not wearing a seat belt because sometimes they trap people in a burning car.
Except not getting vaccines is worse, because of the already mentioned effect on herd immunity. You are not just putting yourself and children at risk, you are putting others at risk too.
The problem is that for some diseases the risk of the vaccine is actually greater than the risk of getting the disease, but this is only because the vaccine works so well. If people start to avoid the vaccine, this math changes quickly (as we all can see clearly now).[/quote][/quote]
