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One of the legitimate functions of government authority and the
police power is the promotion of public health.<br>
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(see Jacobson v. Massachusetts, and Zucht v. King...)<br>
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The interesting issue is that vaccination is not a Zero Harm
programme.<br>
There is indeed a quite small risk of negative outcomes that vary
from<br>
redness and swelling at the vaccination site to lymphadenopathy to<br>
severe systemic reactions, anaphylaxis and even death in extreme
rare cases.<br>
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On the other hand the risk of epidemic disease in unvaccinated
populations<br>
is high and significant and the negative consequences of
(preventable) infectious<br>
disease on the General Population far exceeds the impact on the
General Population<br>
of random negative experiences by a minute number of individuals.<br>
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The impact on the general population of a few singlet non-vaccinated
individuals is <br>
negligible. As long as the vaccination efficacy rate is about 80%
of so, the opportunity<br>
for a "forest fire" epidemic is near zero, so a few non-compliances
plus a few natural<br>
non-responders don't impact "herd immunity" at all.<br>
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The literature of the non-vaccinationist movement is an interesting
study of incredible zeal<br>
and incredible information. see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://whale.to">http://whale.to</a> It is interesting
stuff and is a great stimulus <br>
for those who already have a sick (as a brick) sense of contemptuous
humour.<br>
("I'm OK, You're Nucking Futs!" - Chevy Chase)<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.empr.com/news/vaccine-exemption-varicella-virus-outbreak-chickenpox-north-caroline-school/article/816020">https://www.empr.com/news/vaccine-exemption-varicella-virus-outbreak-chickenpox-north-caroline-school/article/816020</a><br>
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November 21, 2018<br>
Vaccine-Exempt Students Behind NC Chickenpox Outbreak<br>
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(HealthDay News) — North Carolina's largest chickenpox outbreak in
decades is centered in a primary school with a large number of
vaccine-exempt students, according to health officials.<br>
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Thirty-six students at Asheville Waldorf School were diagnosed with
the disease last Friday, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times
newspaper, BBC News reported. The school has one of the state's
highest rates of religious-based vaccine exemptions for students.<br>
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Of the school's 152 students, 110 have not received the vaccine
against the virus that causes chickenpox, the Citizen-Times
reported, according to BBC News. In 2017-18, nearly 68 percent of
the school's kindergarten students had religious immunization
exemptions on file. <br>
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