On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 at 00:23, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]> wrote:
As for crowd diseases being benign and immunity, I'd suggest looking at > either whooping cough or polio for counter examples. Or German measles > (rubella) - which, if a pregnant woman contracts it, is mild for her, but > can and will cause severe retardation in her child. > Chicken pox is mild for (most) children but can lead to later shingles in adults, and while chickenpox is mild and the risks are low, the risk of the vaccine is even lower and it contributes to protecting those who can't get vaccinated. > Young children ... are repeatedly vaccinated ... against hepatitis B > and HPV, which they are > extremely unlikely to contract. Meanwhile the adults who should be > vaccinated against those diseases mostly aren't. > It's important to vaccinate against HPV, and it should happen early. Granted young children are unlikely to be exposed to HPV, but I think the risk/reward is clearly on the side of early vaccination.
