@JohnBowers123@sleepy_devo empirical data and epidemiological models overwhelmingly show that stopping high levels of vaccination causes controlled or eliminated diseases to return.
@JohnBowers123@sleepy_devo You’re so close. The diseases were nearly extinct BECAUSE of widespread vaccination. Without the continuation of widespread vaccination the diseases will comeback. We’re seeing it happen currently with measles. It’s not a matter of opinion
@JohnBowers123@sleepy_devo It’s Administrative, Not Scientific Realignment: the 2026 re-categorization did not happen because new safety risks or side effects were discovered.
Do you have any reliable sources that indicate risk exceeds benefits? Seems like experts generally say the opposite
@JohnBowers123@sleepy_devo The CDC's Restructuring Was Not Driven by "Risk Exceeding Benefit"
The claim that the CDC altered the schedule because "the risk of the vaccines exceeded their benefits" is factually incorrect and misinterprets the policy shift.
@JohnBowers123@sleepy_devo Disease risk is not essentially zero. Diseases like polio or measles are only a plane ride away. In a globalized world, pathogens from areas with lower vaccination coverage are continuously
@JohnBowers123@sleepy_devo For example, when measles vaccination rates drop even slightly below the threshold for herd immunity, outbreaks reliably return, as seen in various localized U.S. communities over the last decade
@JohnBowers123@sleepy_devo Putting out a fire does not mean you throw away the fire extinguisher. If a community stops vaccinating against a rare disease, the population's collective immunity drops.
@JohnBowers123@sleepy_devo The way you phrased #4 is not accurate. side effects of vaccines CAN be dangerous (rarely). Lots of things CAN be dangerous. You are far more likely to experience severe complications from a vaccine preventable disease than from the vaccine itself. The benefit is risk mitigation.
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