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hand washing won't protect you from neither measles nor polio. a vaccine will



It's not only way, sure. But have huge impact. As well as access to clean drinking water.

Polio occurs naturally only in humans. It is highly infectious, and is spread from person to person either through fecal–oral transmission[1][6] (e.g. poor hygiene, or by ingestion of food or water contaminated by human feces), or via the oral–oral route.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio


even in countries with good hygiene and clean water ~ 1st world countries ~ when vaccination rates dip because of anti science anti vaxx nonsense, you get outbreaks of measles, rsv, whooping cough you name it. i don't understand why anyone would prefer to let their childs body be ravaged by all kinds of exotic viruses rather than protect them with the generally gentle and safe vaccines


- you get outbreaks of measles

What is a base of this hypothesis?

- why anyone would prefer to let their childs body be ravaged by all kinds of exotic viruses rather than protect them with the generally gentle and safe vaccines.

If there is no reasonable possibility to get in touch with that virus, why should you "put" it in body of your health child by medical intervention that is based on irrelevant fear? But it's choice that every parent can freely make.

Should we all be vaccinated against for example malaria?


at this point you're just ignoring facts. u can look it up or not


Why em I ignoring facts? You are not answer my questions and did not give me any sources to support your claims.




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