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> Immunization though, is a matter of public health

Not necessarily. Human-to-human transmission isn't the primary vector (if even possible) for a lot of diseases we get vaccinated for, e.g. yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, lyme disease, tetanus, shingles, rabies, etc.




...Measels, Mumps, Rubella, Polio, Varicella (i.e. what you need to contract to get shingles).

We can both make lists of equal length back and forth, but we also both know that there are plenty of communicable diseases between humans. Would we be having this debate if the outbreaks weren’t measles, but Variola Major? ZEBOV?


Shingles is caused by the chicken pox virus.


Sure, but the primary transmission vector for chicken pox isn't adults with singles, it's other kids with chicken pox.




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