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The animator then asked Maher what the “downside” of “getting a vaccine” was, which caused the comedian to go on an anti-vax tirade.

“The fact that you the fact that you don’t even have a clue what’s the cost of getting a vaccine that you don’t know the answer to that. You completely want to shut your eyes to the fact that there are repercussions to all medical interventions, including a vaccine, all vaccines,” he ranted. “They come, they say side effects, just like every medication does. You can see it in the literature. They can’t write it on their back on the vaccine. So you have to dig them. And of course, there is a vaccine court because so many people have been injured.”

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    Vaccines are great for young people with strong immune systems. They are significantly less effective for the elderly

    Less effective for the elderly compared to what? Staying unvaccinated? With diseases like COVID and flu the elderly are the group that should get vaccinated over nearly every other group.

    "The data suggests that boosters and updated vaccines are more important for older adults. " source

    and newborns

    Children are the second most important vaccination group after the elderly. Children represent the “high transmission” category. source

    and the immuno-compromised.

    Well sure, because vaccines work by educating the immune system. Without a functioning one, a vaccine isn’t going to help much, which is why the rest of us with otherwise healthy immune systems need to be vaccinated because they can’t.

    So if you get a nice thick herd immunity of healthy people

    That doesn’t work with highly mutagenic diseases because exposure to infection doesn’t produce long standing immunity.