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why do individual decisions about vaccinations affect the community?
because vaccinated people increase everyones health care costs
because vaccinated people can make cancer patients sick
because vaccinated people help protect people who cannot get vaccinated
because vaccinated people get sick more often
This relates to the concept of herd immunity: when a high percentage of a community is vaccinated, it limits the spread of infectious diseases, which protects those who cannot be vaccinated (such as infants, immunocompromised individuals, or people with severe allergies to vaccine components). The other options are incorrect: vaccinated people typically reduce healthcare costs by preventing illness, do not make cancer patients sick (vaccines are safe for others), and do not get sick more often (vaccines prevent or reduce severity of disease).
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because vaccinated people help protect people who cannot get vaccinated