12 Dangerous Things Anti-Vaxxers Believe That Are Actually Child Abuse

I don't know how anyone can f*ck this up - refusing preventative measures for your children that protect against airbourne pathogens is the epitome of child abuse. I really don't understand where people are failing to understand how herd immunity works, it's named after a bloody natural phenomena. Wildebeest, for example, will protect the most vulnerable members of the herd by forming a protective barrier around them so predators can't attack. If a Wildebeest decides to go "F*ck it, I only have responsibility to my child" and walk away from the protective barrier into the open environment - not only do they increase the chances of the offspring inside the protective barrier getting hurt because there is one less Wildebeest to protect them, but the (presumably mummy blogger) Wildebeest and her poor offspring are now out in the open, vulnerable to attack.

Because anti-vaxxers like to shift the goalposts and deny that herd immunity exists, they often parrot the same old tired line with the same old smug look on their faces - "Why are you worried about my child not being vaccinated? I thought vaccination worked?" Because you failed to understand how herd immunity works. Herd immunity is only as strong as the number of protected people - as strong as the number of people protecting those around them. If a community is below a certain percentage of protected people, herd immunity is lowered and more and more people are left open to attack from pathogens - especially if those pathogens evolve stronger and better than our best defences.