What's your apocalypse?

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Re: What's your apocalypse?

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Re: What's your apocalypse?

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Pulsar_t wrote:The vaccine issue has been blown out of proportion. Existing strains aren't likely to wipe out millions of people even if a pandemic takes place, but a new virus like ebola with no immediate cure can wreak havoc. Still far from being apocalyptic though.
Groups of anti-vaxxers have the potential to help viruses evolve to be stronger, so I am not so sure that they won't lead to catastrophic outcomes.

Here's an explanation of how that works :
http://io9.com/how-poor-vaccination-rat ... 1492482862

Even if that doesn't lead to full apocalyptic scales, anti-vaxxers at a minimum endanger themselves, babies that are not yet vaccinated, people with immuno-compromised conditions, those who didn't manage to convert the vaccine for whatever reason, and those who legitimately cannot be vaccinated.
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Re: What's your apocalypse?

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Oh I agree with all that, since a number of diseases do re-emerge in war-torn countries that don't receive vaccinations, but I still don't think it's all that dramatic (yet.)
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