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I'm 54 and had no idea what measles was until lately. See, we didn't have that shit when I was growing up, never even heard of someone catching it.
That's how dumb American's have become. We've regressed to pre germ theory.
That's exactly the problem. Vaccines have worked so well that people have forgotten the horrors of the diseases they prevent.
I read an article a while back about a mother who's little girl caught whooping cough. She hadn't vaccinated her, but said that watching her daughter struggling to breathe was the worst thing she'd experienced and wished she had listened and given her the vaccine.
People realize very quickly why vaccines are important, but it's usually by experiencing it firsthand, and unfortunately it's too late by then.
The IT paradox :
You are right that vaccines worked so well because mostly everyone had them, and mostly everyone has to take them for them to work.
Village idiots got a support system and crossed the threshold where the herd immunity has diminished enough for outbreaks in communities.
IT job before last was weird. Small, family-owned, very much Boomer, conservative, Southern Baptists. Sound like hell? Best job I've ever had.
Even being the only IT person, I got a seat at the management table. Tech was expected to run smoothly, but I didn't catch shit if something went sideways. We'd simply discuss what went wrong and how to prevent it in the future. Whole culture revolved around that sort of management.
I had autonomy, mastery and purpose. I'll flog this short talk everywhere I can. RSA ANIMATE: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us