Again, a cable news host has used an anti-vaccine trope that discourages vaccination. This time "If you are #vaccinated, why do you care if others aren't." This thread explains herd immunity & why high #vaccine uptake matters. #tuckercarlsonmustgo 1/7
The MOST important thing your #vaccine will do is protect you. In this same way, the MOST important thing your car's brakes do is stop your car. 2/7 #ThisIsOurShot #WeCanDoThis #CarGuysImmunize #VaccinesWork
If you are less likely to get sick because you are #vaccinated , you are also less likely to get others sick. You could break the chain of transmission, and your #vaccine protects those around you! (And if your car brakes work, you won't plow into other cars!) 3/7
When lots of #vaccinated folks live together, #COVID19 (or any other VPD) cannot find a home for replicating and spreading--stopping the chain of transmission! 4/7
Taking that back to you and your body, if people around you are not spreading disease because they are vaccinated, you are less likely to get sick. Sweet! 5/7
Even if you are #vaccinated, having less disease around you matters. #Vaccines are wildly effective, but not 100%. If you're living where the virus is going bananas, your chances of catching #COVID19 exist even for the immunized. (Also true for measles, polio & so on.)
Herd Immunity (community immunity) is real and works best when we can achieve it without people getting sick. Our communities can be stronger, healthier, and more normal if we ALL get vaccinated. So yes, vaccinated people want you vaccinated, too.
And yes, I see the irony of explaining #HerdImmunity to one of the guys who thought it was a great idea to achieve it by letting folks get sick and die. What a topsy-turvy world we live in.
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