RE: I Am An Unvaccinated 17 Year Old: I Do Not Believe In Herd Immunity And This Is Why!
The thing is, if you do just a poor calculation like above, you should also calculate the illegal immigrants that come in on a tourist visa and end up staying for a long long time (some forever). Now I don't know exactly what the number is for Australia, but from my time in Japan I know that for Tokyo for instance, with a population of roughly 9 million in 2015, there were also a couple of million (yes, for sure)illegal immigrants there. OK, some of these would be from Western countries like I was, but most would have come from countries like the Philippines, India, Pakistan etc. and most likely large numbers of those would not be vaccinated. I'd say the same is true for Australia, large numbers coming in every year from those countries where people aren't vaccinated. So if you make any calculations, you'd have to calculate these in as well....
I have just made a post here about this, please check it out for more detail: https://steemit.com/health/@theaustrianguy/a-response-to-chron-why-you-should-believe-in-herd-immunity
Well, I don't as well. So its kind of hard to calculate with them if you don't have them ;)
Well, in the time I was in Tokyo, the official population in the city was around 8 million. After spending some time there and listening to people around me, as well as the visible signs (you could see it when someone wasn't Japanese for instance) there was enough proof that there were anywhere between 2 to 4 million illegal immigrants in Tokyo alone. That's 25% to 50% of the total population. It's hard to know what those numbers would be in Australia, unless we have the exact records of what comes in and what goes out. (immigration records would help, something I'd be willing to look into). I am now reading your post and you will most likely hear from me.
Let me know what you find @misslasvegas 👍
You can watch our dialoge (between me and mlv) on my post as an example of good dsicussion culture ;) Maybe you can learn sth. there as well...
@theaustrianguy: from my experience with you, I feel that you're one of 'the good guys'. Meaning: I still have hope for the medical profession as a whole. And at the same time, I am almost sure that when you finish your study, and start as a doctor, that you will have experiences that will teach you that everything is not as black and white as any of us think. I just hope you'll stay on the 'good side.' That's why I hope you will stay in touch so we can follow you in whatever work you will do in the future.