A Visualisation Of How Herd Immunity Works, And Why Vaccines Are Important

A Visualisation Of How Herd Immunity Works, And Why Vaccines Are Important

By breaking the chain of a disease’s transmission, herd immunity protects the most vulnerable among us, including newborns and sick people who can’t receive vaccines. But in order for it to work, a certain percentage of people in a community must be vaccinated.

This very important concept may feel abstract when explaining it to the doubtful or the complacent, so here’s a stark visual created by Reddit user theotheredmund, using data from Epidemiologic Reviews.

See, in a startling way, how vaccinating your kid helps others.

[referenced url=”https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2015/10/you-can-convince-people-to-vaccinate-but-not-just-by-dispelling-myths/” thumb=”https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_ku-large/1465097354482093378.png” title=”You Can Convince People To Vaccinate — But Not (Just) By Dispelling Myths” excerpt=”There’s more than one reason to skip vaccinations, and not all of them fit into our stereotypes of how anti-vaxxers think. A new analysis identifies four reasons people skip the shots, and how best to convince each to reconsider.”]

How Herd Immunity Works [Reddit]


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