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<blockquote data-quote="Bill V" data-source="post: 982469" data-attributes="member: 54538">Hugh, sorry, I wasn&#039;t meaning to be preachy--It just seemed to me from your previous statement that you may not be aware of the &quot;herd immunity&quot; concept, so I was trying to provide a brief synopsis and a source for more info if you desired.It doesn&#039;t take an &quot;entire town&quot; to opt out.&nbsp; It takes a relatively small amount.&nbsp; For diptheria, you need only 15% to either opt out or be physically unable to be immunized to lose herd immunity.&nbsp; For others, it&#039;s as low as 5-6%.&nbsp; Note that that&#039;s not the percentage of a country, or a state--but of any small community such as a school or town.&nbsp; And in some schools and towns in this country, yes, the numbers opting out are easily that high.For now, then, we&#039;re going to have to simply disagree on that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bill V, post: 982469, member: 54538"] Hugh, sorry, I wasn't meaning to be preachy--It just seemed to me from your previous statement that you may not be aware of the "herd immunity" concept, so I was trying to provide a brief synopsis and a source for more info if you desired. It doesn't take an "entire town" to opt out. It takes a relatively small amount. For diptheria, you need only 15% to either opt out or be physically unable to be immunized to lose herd immunity. For others, it's as low as 5-6%. Note that that's not the percentage of a country, or a state--but of any small community such as a school or town. And in some schools and towns in this country, yes, the numbers opting out are easily that high. For now, then, we're going to have to simply disagree on that. [/QUOTE]

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