But regardless of this, there is are numerous programs that focus on fixing the other vaccination issues - poverty, lack of access etc - but that doesn't mean that anti-vaccine advocacy is any less of an issue
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Replying to @GidMK @UrbaneDoc4Kids and
Can you two even show that measles vaccines are even capable of producing herd immunity?
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Replying to @alc_anthro @UrbaneDoc4Kids and
Yes. Since you're a fan of doing your own research, check out Australian immunization rates and cases of endemic vs introduced measles from 2010 to 2018
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Replying to @GidMK @UrbaneDoc4Kids and
You would expect a reduction of cases, at least in the short term, even if the vaccine cannot produce herd immunity.
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Replying to @alc_anthro @UrbaneDoc4Kids and
That's very simply a nonsensical statement
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Replying to @GidMK @UrbaneDoc4Kids and
No. That's basic math. A vaccine that can prevent symptoms but not infection would result in a reduction of cases, as vaccination rates increase, up until the point that the total number of cases outweighs the suppression provided by the vaccine.
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Replying to @alc_anthro @UrbaneDoc4Kids and
A vaccine that prevents symptoms but not infection would not reduce cases at all. I assume this is some sort of misunderstanding of the pertussis vaccine, wherein protection against infection wanes over time despite a long-term benefit in terms of symptoms if you are infected
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Replying to @GidMK @UrbaneDoc4Kids and
> A vaccine that prevents symptoms but not infection would not reduce cases at all. Holy shit. SERIOUSLY?! If there are no symptoms, then by definition there are no cases.
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Replying to @alc_anthro @UrbaneDoc4Kids and
It does, of course, depend on what we're talking about - chronic diseases don't always have specific definitions in the same way infectious diseases do - but a 'case' of infectious disease is almost always characterized as an infection by the pathogen
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Replying to @GidMK @UrbaneDoc4Kids and
No. A case generally requires clinically significant symptoms.
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Look up chronic hepatitis B and get back to me 
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