Do vaccinations benefit the individual or society?

[AussieNeil]

'Compared to many other public health programs, immunisation is a targeted intervention and clinical trials tell us they work. But programs still need to target broad groups, defined by age or other broad risk factors, such as chronic medical conditions or pregnancy.

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When considering vaccination programs, safety is very important, as a vaccine is being given to a generally healthy population to prevent a disease that may be uncommon, even if serious.

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It’s only acceptable to vaccinate large groups if clinically important side effects are low.

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...vaccination programs aim to prevent disease in whole populations. So even if it seems as though many people are having to take part to prevent disease in a small proportion, this small proportion may represent hundreds or thousands of cases of disease in the community.'

Allen Cheng, Professor in Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Monash University in a very thoughtful piece for those that wish to avoid vaccinations for personal reasons: theconversation.com/most-pe...

Neil

[JR1964]

Neil, I asked this question to a couple of people. How many take the flu shot more than once during the year. I always was under the impression you could only take one per year. But Dr. Keating stated that with one it is like a single dot on the radar, but with two -many more dots and three quite a few. In other words, more than one shot- like two or three. The more effective it is for the individual. Especially in the immune- comprised. STAY STRONG J.R.

[Wroxham]

Hi Neil

The role long term inflammation has in cll.

I asked this question of my consultant

last Thursday.

The reply "Many of us have pondered

on this and the absolute truth is, no one

knows. We have come a long way and are making great strides in Cll research".

Dosent really get us any nearer to knowing, but the question was appreciated. I did mention it was not my question but by an informed member of the forum.

Sue

Love your photo.