The paradox of vaccine success: We forget the horror because we no longer see it
Discover the viral sensation spreading across the internet. Check out the community’s top reactions below.
Top Reddit Reactions
“I work in pediatrics and I say this all the time. Parents are always like “You just never see [insert disease here] anymore, why should I vaccinate them” and its like WHY DO YOU THINK WE DONT SEE IT ANYMORE!!!!”
“And we don’t need a black and white photo to show this. We can get a good modern photo thanks to the resurgence of these diseases.”
“For real. I didn’t know until I was an adult that rabies not only has a nearly 100% fatality rate but is also an extremely horrible way to die. It made the ending of Old Yeller make so much more sense.
The diseases we’ve found vaccines for are so bad that even if vaccines did every bad thing everyone says they do, we’d still be hugely better off with them.
Then again vaccines got a lot of guff from the very beginning, even when the diseases were well known.”