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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bill V" data-source="post: 982466" data-attributes="member: 54538">Hugh, not all children can be vaccinated. Because of allergies and/or other medical conditions, they are unable to receive the vaccines. (A large number of vaccines are made using chicken eggs, which some people are deathly allergic to.) However, if the vast majority of a population is immune to a disease, they can effectively make the entire population immune through a phenomenon known as "herd immunity".  (Look up "herd immunity" on Wikipedia or elsewhere for more info. The thresholds of the percentage of a population which must be immune for "herd immunity" to kick in vary, depending on the disease and the transmission method. But it doesn't take much of a small population (such as a town or school) to "opt out" of getting vaccinations to eliminate the effect. When that happens, the people who have opted out are not only putting themselves at risk, but also anyone who is physically unable to be vaccinated as well. It is for that reason that I believe that when that occurs, the people who opted out should be held both financially and criminally liable for that decision.</blockquote>