Here's a more difficult question - based on the equation for R, what is the formula to work out the % for herd immunity (HI)?
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People do still get these diseases. No vaccine is 100% effective - although many are close to that - so vaccination rates often have to be higher than even the theoretical herd immunity threshold
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There are also a lot of people who have been scared away from vaccination by anti-vaccine activists who spread fear about lifesaving medical interventions
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But we know that vaccinations WORK Australia has now eliminated endemic measles and rubella, and almost entirely eliminated many other infectious diseases, with some of the highest vaccination rates in the world
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So get your vaccines They will not only stop YOU from getting sick, they'll also stop you from passing diseases onto more vulnerable people like babies and immunocompromised people
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And the next time someone says "herd immunity is a myth!", feel free to reference this thread and/or blog Herd immunity is simple maths, nothing more, nothing less
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